Library of Wales: Dark Philosophers, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Rhyw, lloffruddaieth a hiwmor tywyll, niweidiol sy'n nodweddu tair nofel fer Gwyn Thomas a gyhoeddwyd yn 1946, ac a gynhwysir yn y gyfrol hon sef Oscar , Dark Philosophers a Simeon .

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Sex, murder, and a devastating, black humour mark the three novellas that Gwyn Thomas wrote in 1946 and which are comprised in this volume, namely Oscar , Dark Philosophers and Simeon .

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Writer and broadcaster, Gwyn Thomas was born in Cymmer, Porth in 1913. His other work includes The Alone to the Alone (1947); All Things Betray Thee (1949); The World Cannot Hear You (1951), and Now Lead Us Home (1952), as well as short stories, plays and an autobiography.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

"Thomas Hardy met Damon Runyon over a loving cup of small beer." New York Herald Tribune, 1947; "A Masterpiece, a warm, beautiful, splendid book." Howard Fast Sex, murder, and a devastating, humour mark these three novellas that Gwyn Thomas wrote in 1946. In Oscar, the narrator of death and exploitation fails to fend off the evil that envelops him. In Simeon, the abuse of sexual and family power ends with violent death, and in The Dark Philosophers itself, the grimly humorous philosophers gather in an Italian café to tell the tragic tale of revenge and manslaughter that they engineer.