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Short stories, many with Welsh protagonists. The story, A Union, is a turn-of-the-century strike in a Welsh slate quarry, The Silver Screen deals with Hollywood's influence on a Communist revolution, and Relief is about a battle in 19th century South Africa between Welshmen and Zulus.

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Main Author: Davies, Peter Ho, 1966-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston: Mariner Books, 1998.
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Summary:Short stories, many with Welsh protagonists. The story, A Union, is a turn-of-the-century strike in a Welsh slate quarry, The Silver Screen deals with Hollywood's influence on a Communist revolution, and Relief is about a battle in 19th century South Africa between Welshmen and Zulus.
Physical Description:230 p.
ISBN:9780395924808
0395924804
Author Notes:PETER HO DAVIES 's novel, The Fortunes , won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He is also the author of The Welsh Girl , long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and a London Times best-seller, as well as two critically acclaimed collections of short stories. His fiction has appeared in Harpers , the Atlantic , the Paris Review, and Granta and has been anthologized in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and The Best American Short Stories .