Translating Wales, Reading the World
Autumn 2009
Browse our Bookcases, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.
Dolenni Hud (Visiting Home)
Owen Martell
'A milestone in contemporary Welsh prose.' BBC Wales
...moreWhite Ravens
Owen Sheers
'A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home.' The Financial Times
...moreY Dŵr (Water)
Lloyd Jones
'Lloyd Jones's use of language and emotion is second to none in contemporary Welsh literature.' The Independent
...moreThe Earth Hums in B Flat
Mari Strachan
'A blend of magic, detective tale and bildungsroman.' The Financial Times
...moreSuit of Lights
Damian Walford Davies
'Walford Davies is adept at noticing things and transforming them in the process of rendering into something rich and strange.' Planet
...moreMilwr Bychan Nesta (The Soldier)
Aled Islwyn
Part thriller, part dystopic vision of the future.
...moreY Trydydd Peth (The Third Thing)
Siân Melangell Dafydd
National Eisteddfod Literature Medal 2009
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