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Sto caricando le informazioni... Double Drink Story My Life With Dylan Th (edizione 1998)di Caitlin Thomas (Autore)
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From the moment they met at a pub in London, drink was the most conspicuous part of the lives of Caitlin and her 'genius poet', Dylan Thomas. It fuelled their sexual adventures, lessened their shyness and enriched their social life. This searing book is Caitlin's story of the passions, the rage and the tragic humour of those years of drink and the toll it took on the lives of two talented people, leaving one of them dead at the age of thirty-nine, and the other alone, penniless and an alcoholic. It is also the memoir of a woman not always likeable, but consistently energetic and honest and possessing an indomitable spirit. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This book is divided into three sections; the first, a rambling apology for the Thomas' drunken lifestyle, the second covering Caitlin's troubled childhood, and only the third really giving an insight into life with Dylan. The first book was written with a ghost writer, George Tremlett, who at least provides an invisible line in authorship. In this tome, Caitlin writes her own story and one is forced to the opinion that she wanted to prove her writing ability stood alongside that of Dylan: it didn't. The text appears stilted: this is not someone writing in their natural manner.
So, having complained about the style, what of the content? Were this to be the only book that I had read about Dylan Thomas, I would be much more complimentary, but there are many professional biographies of the poet and even, as previously mentioned, another book giving Caitlin's perspective. In that light, this offering is somewhat surplus to requirements and a cynic might suggest that it was written to cash in. Even the pictures therein, have all been included in other works so, there is little to recommend this book over others upon the subject. ( )