Dave Lewis offers multiple perspectives in this musical travelogue through a modern Wales and beyond. Honest, raw and mysterious. Just when you think you've worked it out, a twist, a turn, a sensuous push. This collection is finely honed. From the intimacy of family and friends to lovers and laughable locals, he is obviously well-travelled and a quality of authenticity shines through. The writer's eye for detail is finely observed and he is not afraid to experiment. The prose pieces are well crafted and show great range and the final poem in the collection is about as perfect as a poem can be - a masterpiece! A writer who teases and taunts us to dismiss him. I have no doubt that his work will go down in history as both avant-garde and revolutionary. No pretentious bullshit here, this is cutting edge stuff. The short story 'Onions' was runner up in the Rhys Davies Competition.
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By Claire C
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With subjects, settings and situations from near and far, all delivered with a personal and down to earth understanding, I found Urban Birdsong engaging, humourous, insightful and wonderfully emotive too.
This book has been written with a natural and positive sensitivity that shines forth throughout it's contents. A real treat to read, and certainly not a collection that will just sit and go dusty in the bookcase; it is a book that I shall return to over again. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
This book has been written with a natural and positive sensitivity that shines forth throughout it's contents. A real treat to read, and certainly not a collection that will just sit and go dusty in the bookcase; it is a book that I shall return to over again. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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By Mike Powell
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Loved the book. What a great insight into Wales and its people. Cogratulations are due as it gave me a few insights I had not previously had.
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By J. Bishop
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This book was a good effort for a relatively unknown and unpublished author. Even though it clearly had not been professionally edited, this was part of its appeal. The use of local dialect, whilst disrupting for the reader, gives it that authentic feel absent in commercial literature. The fact that it is self-published shouldn't put people off, as it is a good effort from someone lacking the connections to the publishing houses available to more established authors. If this authentic self-published feel from a popular Welsh resident isn't for you, I would instead recommend another Welsh author Jaque Thay's book, Jaque's Magic Beans & Other Stories, which is a more enjoyable collection of stories, which are properly edited and published.
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