Library of Wales: Ride the White Stallion

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dilyniant i Farewell Innocence , yn portreadu trafferthion Ieuan Morgan yn ei waith ac yn ei fywyd teuluol. Er iddo fod unwaith yn gyfarwydd â darllen llyfrau, mae gwaith yn y ffowndri wedi caledu ei ddwylo. Portread gonest o dref ddiwydiannol a chymeriadu credadwy o ddeffroad creadigol llanc ifanc sy'n ymladd tlodi a chaledi.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Sequel to Farewell Innocence , charting the trials of Ieuan Morgan at work and in family life. Once familiar only with the feel of books, foundry life has made his hands dark, knotted and fiercely strong. This is an honest portrait of an industrial town and a convincing character study of a young man's creative awakening amid challenges of domestic penury and hard graft.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

William Glynne-Jones (1907–1977) was a Welsh novelist, short story writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was born and grew up in Llanelli. When he was 16, he started working at the Glanmor Foundry as a steel foundry 'moulder', but was released at the age of 36 on medical grounds. Soon, he moved to London with his family and started his career as a writer. Many of his works have been published, including four novels, several children's books and short story anthologies.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Life in the foundry is changing Ieuan Morgan, whose hands, once familiar only with the feel of books are now dark, knotted and fiercely strong. He dreams of writing and the day his young love Sally will come home from the convalescence home. When that day arrives Ieuan's life starts to feel complete and marriage only deepens that conviction. But much longed for success with his writing brings with it new temptations, when Stella Courtland, the sophisticated editor of a fashionable magazine enters the young man's life. Ride the White Stallion is the sequel to Farewell Innocence, charting the trials and travails of Ieuan Morgan at the foundry and in his family life. It is an account of a young man's creative awakening amid the challenges of domestic penury and downright hard graft. A portrait of an industrial town as well as a convincing character study, Ride the White Stallion is shot through with truth and honesty, twin hallmarks of Glynne-Jones's work.