Under Milk Wood

Resumen del libro

Dylan Thomas's classic radio play reprinted to celebrate the centenary of his birth. A true masterpiece that has never been out of print. Featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.

Considered by many to be the masterpiece of one of the 20th century's greatest literary figures. It has been translated into at least 30 languages.

As the inhabitants of Llareggub lie sleeping, their dreams and fantasies deliciously unfold. There is Captain Cat surrounded by fish that 'nibble him down to his wishbone', Mog Edwards, 'a draper mad with love' for shy dressmaker Miss Price, Organ Morgan, listening to the music in Coronation Street with 'spouses ... honking like geese and the babies singing opera', while at the sea-end of town, Mr and Mrs Floyd lie in their bed 'side by wrinkled side ... like two old kippers in a box'. Waking up, their dreams turn to bustling activity as a new day begins.

In this classic modern pastoral, the 'dismays and rainbows' of the imagined seaside town become, within the cycle of one day, 'a greenleaved sermon on the innocence of men'.

Biografía del autor

(Swansea, Gales, 1914 - Nueva York, 1953). Poeta galés en lengua inglesa. Durante un tiempo trabajó como periodista para el South Wales Evening Post y durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como guionista para la BBC. Escribió también guiones radiofónicos y cinematográficos. Se dio a conocer como poeta con Dieciocho poemas (1934). Defendió sus concepciones estéticas en Retrato del artista cachorro. Murió en Nueva York el 9 de noviembre de 1953; sus últimas palabras fueron: He bebido 18 vasos de whisky, creo que es todo un récord.