The Life Of Dylan Thomas
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few poets have lived as ferociously and as brilliantly as Dylan Thomas, the Welsh wordsmith whose voice, verse, and vices made him one of the twentieth century's most legendary literary figures. Constantine Fitzgibbon's authoritative biography chronicles the full arc of Thomas's tumultuous life — from his boyhood in Swansea, through the bohemian chaos of wartime London, to his tragic death in New York in 1953 at the age of thirty-nine — painting an unflinching portrait of a genius perpetually at war with himself. Drawing on firsthand accounts, correspondence, and intimate knowledge of Thomas's circle, Fitzgibbon presents a biography of rare depth and candour, capturing both the soaring lyricism of a poet who gave the world Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night and the self-destructive tendencies that cut his life devastatingly short. The result is a work of literary biography that stands as the definitive account of its subject — meticulous in its research, yet alive with the same passionate intensity that coursed through Thomas's own writing. For anyone captivated by the intersection of genius and ruin, this remains an essential and haunting read.
Author: Constantine Fitzgibbon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few poets have lived as ferociously and as brilliantly as Dylan Thomas, the Welsh wordsmith whose voice, verse, and vices made him one of the twentieth century's most legendary literary figures. Constantine Fitzgibbon's authoritative biography chronicles the full arc of Thomas's tumultuous life — from his boyhood in Swansea, through the bohemian chaos of wartime London, to his tragic death in New York in 1953 at the age of thirty-nine — painting an unflinching portrait of a genius perpetually at war with himself. Drawing on firsthand accounts, correspondence, and intimate knowledge of Thomas's circle, Fitzgibbon presents a biography of rare depth and candour, capturing both the soaring lyricism of a poet who gave the world Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night and the self-destructive tendencies that cut his life devastatingly short. The result is a work of literary biography that stands as the definitive account of its subject — meticulous in its research, yet alive with the same passionate intensity that coursed through Thomas's own writing. For anyone captivated by the intersection of genius and ruin, this remains an essential and haunting read.