Synopses & Reviews
Adventures in the Skin Trade
Quite Early One Morning
and Other Peoms
Remastered from the original BBC broadcast recordings the stories of Dylan Thomas presented here are wild and sweet and cocky--as the man and child were. His technique is impressionistic, piling on the sights and smells and sounds experience by one rough-and-tumble Welsh lad with miraculous awareness of the wonder of things. Throughout his short life, Dylan Thomas dipped continually into his own childhood for his poetry.
Thomas' hilarious, semi-autobiographical novel Adventures in the Skin Trade about a young man's first trip to the big city was recorded at the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA in New York City.
This audio reproduces the full sound spectrum of the historic recordings; it has been remastered using contemprary digital equipment.
About the Author
Dylan Thomas, born in 1914, began his career as a journalist in his native Swansea, Wales. He then moved to London where he worked in broadcasting and wrote film scripts, prose and drama to earn enough money to enable him to write what he most wanted to—poetry.
He lived colorfully, even recklessly, until his untimely death in New York City in 1953. One of the 20th centurys most treasured writers, Dylan Thomas was a master craftsman of poetic complexity and richly obscure imagery. Thomass genius is made clear in this landmark recording through the everlasting gift he has given the word—his voice.
Dylan Thomas, born in 1914, began his career as a journalist in his native Swansea, Wales. He then moved to London where he worked in broadcasting and wrote film scripts, prose and drama to earn enough money to enable him to write what he most wanted to—poetry.
He lived colorfully, even recklessly, until his untimely death in New York City in 1953. One of the 20th centurys most treasured writers, Dylan Thomas was a master craftsman of poetic complexity and richly obscure imagery. Thomass genius is made clear in this landmark recording through the everlasting gift he has given the word—his voice.