A Toy Epic
- 210 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
A Toy Epic is the story of three boys moving towards the threshold of adult life in the Thirties. From differing backgrounds, their lives cross and touch until they become firm friends.
Tato série představuje nadčasové literární skvosty, které prověřil čas. Nabízí klasická díla světové literatury v pečlivě zpracovaných vydáních. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na působivé příběhy a hluboké myšlenky, které rezonují i v dnešní době. Je to ideální volba pro milovníky klasické literatury a ty, kteří hledají kvalitní čtení.



A Toy Epic is the story of three boys moving towards the threshold of adult life in the Thirties. From differing backgrounds, their lives cross and touch until they become firm friends.
An edition of a classic post-industrial novel, published with a new afterword by Richard Poole. The novel charts the lives of four closely bound characters, against the background of a declining steelworks. Originally published in 1988.
Most of these stories are set in the 1930s w hen male unemployment in the Rhondda valleys was as high as 42 percent. Poverty, emigration, boredom, and loss of self-r espect are the basis of Thomas''s art, yet the result is not embittered. '