Dark Territory

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Nofel hanesyddol afaelgar am deithiau y dyn gwyn i ganol 'anialwch' gogledd yr Amerig i ddelio gyda phobl 'anwaraidd', ynghyd â siwrnai i enaid tywyll y dyn gwyn ei hun. Er bod y nofel wedi'i gosod yn yr 17eg ganrif, mae'r digwyddiadau yn adlewyrchu'r cyfnod cyfoes mewn modd iasol. Cyrhaeddodd y fersiwn wreiddiol Gymraeg Y Fro Dywyll restr fer Gwobr Llyfr y Flwyddyn 2015.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A gripping historical thriller about a white man's travels to the centre of the 'wilderness' to deal with 'uncivilized' people, and a journey into the dark soul of the white man himself. Written in the vein of Marion Eames' 'The Secret Room' and Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness', the 17th-century setting eerily mirrors issues in our own times.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Jerry Hunter is a professor in the School of Welsh at the University of Bangor. He has a PhD from Harvard and has also lectured at the University of Cardiff. He is an acclaimed author: 'Ebargofiant' is a completely unique and unprecedented Welsh-language novel, his novel 'Gwenddydd' won the Prose Medal at the 2010 National Eisteddfod, and his academic work 'Llwch Cenhedloedd' won the Wales Book of the Year award in 2004.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

A historical thriller set in the 17th century. A Welsh Puritan ex-soldier in the English Civil War is commissioned to sail to America to look for a group of Welsh Puritans who had gone there to found New Jerusalem, a utopia ruled along strict religious lines, but who have not been heard from for several years. Beneath the surface of his search for a lost community in the Wild West is a more reflective side to the novel, the story interwoven with strands taking us back to the period of the Civil War in order to explain the protagonist’s psychology and emotional state. A gripping and easy read, but also offering something to those hoping for something more intellectual. The story will strike a chord with readers coming to terms with bloody events happening around them in the modern world and make them wonder whether history is always destined to repeat itself. Reviews for the Welsh-language original version of the novel: Couldn’t put it down. 10/10. – Daniel Jenkins ‏@djj7146 I can very much see this novel being turned into a film. – Siân Eleri Roberts A powerful novel, scary and very timely. – William Owen Roberts Jerry Hunter has created nothing short of a classic. – Jon Gower