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Red Devon
Red Devon
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Yn dilyn ei chyfrol arobryn gyntaf, Berg , mae ail gyfrol o gerddi Hilary Meno yn archwilio'r gwrthdaro rhwng dulliau ffermio traddodiadol ac amaethu masnachol cyfoes, gan arddangos pryder dros ffermwyr ar draws y byd sy'n wynebu bygythiadau o du grymoedd byd-eang.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Hilary Menos's second poetry collection, Red Devon , from Seren, follows her Forward Prize-winning debut, Berg , and explores conflict between traditional farming and modern commercial agriculture, demonstrating concern for farmers around the world who are threatened by global forces.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781720547
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781720547
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Red Devon
- Awdur / Author
- Menos, Hilary
- Current Price ex VAT
- £8.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £8.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-07-04
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 64 pages
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Barddoniaeth (yn Saesneg) | EN: Poetry (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Beirdd Unigol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Individual Poets (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Hilary Menos was born in Luton in 1964, studied PPE at Wadham College, Oxford and worked as a journalist and restaurant critic in London. Her first collection, 'Berg' (Seren, 2009), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2010. She has won or placed in a number of poetry competitions including the Bridport, Mslexia and the National. She has published poems in numerous places including the BBC Wildlife Magazine, and read her Work at events alongside Dannie Abse and Seamus Heaney. Her pamphlet, 'Wheelbarrow Farm', was one of the four winners of the Templar Poetry Pamphlet Competition in 2010.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
In the late 90's the poet Hilary Menos moved from Camden Town in London to a farmhouse two miles from a small village in Devon. Over the next ten years, together with her husband Andy Brodie and three sons, she turned this into a 100 acre organic farm with a herd of pedigree Red Devon cows and a flock of Wiltshire Horn sheep. In Red Devon, her second collection, Menos reveals her experiences as a "blow in" from upcountry moving into a tight-knit rural community and seeing at first hand some of the human and animal costs of the conflict between traditional farming methods and the demands of modern commercial agriculture. She also tells the story of a burgeoning love affair between farmer Grunt Garvey and haulier Jo Tucker, a romance which ends in tragedy. Alongside these two stories, one fictional and one very real, runs a concern for farmers around the world whose livelihoods - and lives - are threatened by global changes in agriculture. Reviews from her previous work "This is someone who reflects an expert at work but has their own vivid way of seeing and acting." - Ruth Padel " - crackles with formal skill, with extraordinary, vibrant language - and with great style - " - Carol Ann Duffy "She has the rare ability to uncover the wide range of implications of the world we live in, be they emotional, spiritual or literary. Here is a new poet with a full locker of accomplishments. She is sure to make an immediate impact." - John Stammers
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