New Welsh Review 136 (Winter 2024) — East Asia

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Blodeugerdd o lenyddiaeth Ewropeaidd a arweinir gan wragedd gyda'r pwyslais ar lenydda am le. Cynhwysir llenyddiaeth ffeithiol greadigol, traethodau llenyddol, ffuglen, barddoniaeth a ffotograffiaeth, oll yn deillio o Gymru ond gydag uchelgais rhyngwladol.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Female-led European literature with an emphasis on place, nature and authenticity in nonfiction, narrative voice in fiction, ideas for our times in the literary essay, and illustrative panache overall. Originating in Wales and with international ambition.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

EDITORIAL by Gwen Davies EAST ASIAN LITERATURE 'The River Collects Its Debt' – Story by Phước Tiến, translated from the Vietnamese by Nguyễn An Lý 'Powder to the People! The philosophy of Hokkaido capitalist ski bum, Jac Phillips' – Biography/oral history by Susan Karen Burton 'Hi-Mawari', the lost Welsh story of Lafcadio Hearn (alias Koizumi Yakumo) Jayne Joso on how Japan shapes her work FURTHER FICTION 'The Banana Banshee' – Story by Deidre Brennan, translated from the Irish by the author REVIEW-ESSAYS Steven Lovatt on restoring natural and cultural ecologies in the work of Ruth Bidgood, Rae Howells and Carwyn Graves JL George on trauma and the magical child in recent novels by Lloyd Markham, Carly Holmes and Vajra Chandrasekera

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Female-led literature with an emphasis on place, nature and authenticity in nonfiction, narrative voice in fiction, ideas for our times in the literary essay, and illustrative panache overall. Originating in Wales and with international ambition. Here we bring together the best of NWR’s online essays and review-essays within a showcase of new work previewing forthcoming titles from some of this country’s key English-language publishers. Plus, there's new work from Phước Tiến, Susan Karen Burton, Jayne Joso and Deidre Brennan, and 'Hi-Mawari', the lost Welsh story of Lafcadio Hearn (alias Koizumi Yakumo).