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The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas
by
Dylan Thomas
The beauty and power of Dylan Thomas's voice are captured here in a stunning collection of letters to his wife Caitlin, as well as his various lovers and close female friends. With a style as grand and lyrical as his poetry, Thomas expresses his affection in letters that are sensual, uninhibited, romantic, funny and always loving.
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The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas is a look...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
October 2nd 2003
by Phoenix Press
(first published January 1st 2002)
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So, there I was, squatting in the 820s of Adult Non-fiction, running my finger along the spines, 828.8, .9, 829.0. It's not there! But hang on, this is by Dylan Thomas. The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas.
Don't you just hate that? I was looking for some Thomas poetry, preferably Under Milk Wood and the catalogue said it was available but it wasn't on the shelf! Oh, well, you just gotta take life as it comes.
Anyway, this was a pretty good read, incredibly short but jam packed with gushing ...more
Don't you just hate that? I was looking for some Thomas poetry, preferably Under Milk Wood and the catalogue said it was available but it wasn't on the shelf! Oh, well, you just gotta take life as it comes.
Anyway, this was a pretty good read, incredibly short but jam packed with gushing ...more
This book was interesting...not a favorite, but not horrible, either.
Dylan Thomas was a handful to be sure...I'm not actually sure how such a selfish and bold philanderer actually had this many women to write love letters to, but I guess there's somebody for everyone...and Thomas thought that there were a lot of somebodies for him.
That being said, his actual writing was interesting. A little too flowery and not quite sincere, but an interesting read.
Dylan Thomas was a handful to be sure...I'm not actually sure how such a selfish and bold philanderer actually had this many women to write love letters to, but I guess there's somebody for everyone...and Thomas thought that there were a lot of somebodies for him.
That being said, his actual writing was interesting. A little too flowery and not quite sincere, but an interesting read.
This short collection of letters to the women in Dylan's life - which begins with a rather sweet long-distance relationship with another teenage aspiring poet - is a fascinating and insightful read. It contains the immense force and passion which is evident in his work and his letters to Caitlin, his wife, are incredibly touching. He was intense, intelligent, with a wicked and self-depreciating sense of humour, all of which come through in spades within this slim volume. I hesitate to call anyon...more
An interesting insight into his mind; a very pretentious man!
Desperate, pathetic, funny, wonderful letters from unfaithful, sensuous, genius bastard.
Love it, especially the crawling letter he wrote to Caitlin to who discovered unsent poem to some woman called Marge.
"That letter was horrible...was dirty and cadging and lying......vile - a conscientious piece of contrived, bamboozling dirt which nobody was supposed to see... not you or that Marged gin woman"
Love it, especially the crawling letter he wrote to Caitlin to who discovered unsent poem to some woman called Marge.
"That letter was horrible...was dirty and cadging and lying......vile - a conscientious piece of contrived, bamboozling dirt which nobody was supposed to see... not you or that Marged gin woman"
"Ti amo così tanto che non sarò mai capace di dirtelo; mi spaventa dirtelo. Posso sempre sentire il tuo cuore. Le canzonette hanno sempre ragione: ti amo corpo e anima, e immagino che corpo voglia dire che voglio toccarti e stare a letto con te, e immagino che anima voglia dire che posso sentirti e vederti e amarti in ogni singola, minima cosa, in tutto il mondo nel sonno e da sveglio."
despite the kind voyeaur feeling i got by reading some of his most private letters to those women, who were definetely the love of his life, I really loved his passion expressed in the most natural words.
Stephanie Reagan
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Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet. He is regarded by many as one of the 20th century's most influential poets.
In addition to poetry, Thomas also wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, with the latter frequently performed by Thomas himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his booming, at times ostentatious, voice with a subtle Welsh...more
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