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Penguin Books Ltd
Description
Widely acclaimed for its warm humor, lyricism and honesty as well as its accurate evocation of the 30s. 'Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve' has become a sought-after classic. In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubles of the times... unemployment, the rise of Hitler, and the Spanish Civil War.
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LibraryThing member edella
Autobiographical novel capturing the enchantment of childhood and the first poingnant problems of adolescence. Pubolic and private themes are interwoven, setting the fortunes of a jewish family in wles against the general troubled backcloth of the times - unemployment, the rise of hitler and
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mussolini, and the spanish civil war. Show Less
Original publication date
1954
ISBN
0140051538 / 9780140051537
Local notes
Donated by Adele Rosalky from the Earle Hoffman Private Library, February 2019.