The Small Mine

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1962. Mae'r nofel hon yn adrodd hanes marwolaeth glöwr ifanc mewn damwain pwll glo yng Nghilhendre, pentref diwydiannol dychmygol yng nghymoedd de Cymru. Ceir yma bortread o gymuned, darlun o ferched y cyfnod, a hanes am ei thrigolion yn dod i delerau â cholled sydyn - digwyddiad a oedd yn llawer rhy gyfarwydd mewn cymunedau tebyg yng Nghymru.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

First published in 1962, this novel tells the tale of a young collier's death in a mining accident in Cilhendre, a fictional industrial village in the south Wales valleys. The story vividly and sympathetically portrays how the community, and in particular the women, come to terms with the sudden loss - an occurrence with which they are all too familiar.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Ganwyd Menna Gallie, y nofelydd yn 1920 ym mhentre glofaol Ystradgynlais yng Nghwm Tawe, ac fe’i magwyd yno, ac wedi hynny yng Nghreunant. Siaradai ei rhieni Gymraeg, ei thad yn grefftwr o ogledd Cymru a’i mam yn ddynes leol. Graddiodd yn 1940 o Brifysgol Cymru Abertawe ac yn yr un flwyddyn priododd Bryce Gallie, Albanwr oedd yn darlithio mewn athroniaeth yn Abertawe. Buont yn byw mewn gwahanol fannau yn dilyn diwedd y rhyfel yn cynnwys Gogledd Iwerddon, America a Chaergrawnt. Symudasant yn ôl i Gymru yn 1978, i Drefdraeth yn Sir Benfro. Ysgrifennodd chwe nofel, tair ohonynt, Strike for a Kingdom (1959), The Small Mine (1962), a Travels with a Duchess (1969), wedi eu lleoli yn ne Cymru, ac wedi eu hailgyhoeddi gan Honno. Bu hefyd yn gyfrifol am gyfieithu’r nofel Un Nos Ola Leuad/Full Moon (1973) i’r Saesneg.

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Menna Gallie was born in 1920 in the south Wales mining village of Ystradgynlais, to Welsh-speaking parents. She became an English teacher after graduating and also travelled widely in Europe and North America. She wrote six critically acclaimed novels in her lifetime, four of which have been reprinted by Honno.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

First published in 1962, this novel tells the tale of a young collier's death in a mining accident in Cilhendre, a fictional industrial village in the south Wales Valleys. The story vividly and sympathetically portrays how the Valley community, and in particular the women, come to terms with the sudden loss - an occurrence with which they are all too familiar. Yet for all its tragic subject matter, The Small Mine also conveys the warmth and gusto of the villagers' lives by means of its witty language, which was favourable compared to that of Gwyn Thomas and other male Valley writers. This is the third of Menna Gallie's novels, and was apparently her personal favourite. Originally republished by Honno in 2003 and now in a new edition with an updated introduction and new cover.