![]() It becomes a metaphor for the tragedies looming in Huw’s life. There is also the increasing slag heap (waste material from coal mining) on the mountain, which pollutes the environment and threatens to fall on the village. However, there is a sense of dread accumulating as the narrative continues, because Huw hints that some awful things are going to happen. Although it was a tough life, even for the moderately well-off Morgans, Huw looks back on those times with nostalgia for the people and places he loved in the Victorian era. The book is narrated by Huw Morgan, who lives with his family in a South Wales coal mining village. I think that makes it all the more extraordinary because it has an autobiographical tone and a strong sense of community. It turns out that Llewellyn was actually born in England, to Welsh parents, and that the novel isn’t generally based upon his own experiences. ![]() I wasn’t quite sure whether it was an autobiography or fiction. ![]() I hadn’t read it before, although I’d heard of it. This classic novel was first published in 1939. ![]()
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