An Absolute Hero

Land of the Living 4

Author(s) Emyr Humphreys

Language: English

Genre(s): Literary Criticism

Series: Land of the Living

  • March 2000 · 240 pages ·216x138mm

  • · eBook - pdf - 9780585330624
  • · Paperback - 9780708315934

About The Book

Amy Parry is bereft of her best friend who died in childbirth, unable to marry Val Gwyn who is seriously ill with TB, and determined not to choose poverty and struggle with her former lover Pen Lewis. So she marries John Cilydd More, but her peace is soon shattered by strikes and then Pen returns.

Endorsements

'A novel of remarkable lyricism...creative and fresh.' The Listener 'Excellent ... holds the reader spellbound.' Sunday Telegraph.

About the Author(s)

Author(s): Emyr Humphreys

During a remarkable career spanning over seventy years as a writer, Emyr Humphreys has published more than two dozen novels (many of them prize-winning), as well as several collections of short stories.

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