The Seasoning

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Addasiad Saesneg o'r nofel Blasu (Y Lolfa, 2012). Wrth edrych yn ôl ar ei bywyd, a'r teulu a'r ffrindiau a fu'n gwmni iddi ar hyd y daith, daw blasau o'r gorffennol i brocio atgofion Pegi. Ond nid yw pob atgof yn felys, ac mae rhai cyfrinachau'n gadael blas chwerw.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Peggy is eighty and the family are having a birthday party. Her son's gift of a beautifully crafted notebook comes with a request ... An English adaptation of Blasu (Y Lolfa, 2012).

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Manon Steffan Ros was brought up in Rhiwlas, Bangor, north Wales. She won the Drama Medal twice at the National Eisteddfod (2005 and 2006) and her first novel, Fel Aderyn (Like a Bird) was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award, 2010. She won the Tir na n-Og prize for children's liteature twice, in 2010 and 2012, with Trwy'r Tonnau (Through the Waves) and Prism (Prism). Her novel Blasu (The Seasoning) was originally published in Welsh to critical acclaim in 2012 and won the 2013 Wales Book of the Year Welsh Fiction category.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Peggy’s not so keen on telling her own story, but each of her family and neighbours has a story to tell, revealing not just Peggy’s life but that of her village, tucked beneath Cader Idris on the southern fringes of Snowdownia. Bookended by Peggy’s own shocking testimony, each chapter has a different voice and a different take on events, from the jolly fat woman who is feeding not just Peggy but her own sense of emptiness, to the generous shopkeeper and his young son, who has had his eye on Peggy for a long time, and Peggy’s best friend, who’s not sure she’s cut out for marriage to the church and its curator. As the village voices fill out the picture of life in Llanegryn, slowly the reader realises that all is not well, and that Peggy’s eccentricities have a terrible dark secret hidden behind them - and not just that she was a neglected child.