description: Widely acclaimed for its warm humor, lyricism and honesty as well as its accurate evocation of the 30s. 'Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve' has become a sought-after classic. In this delightful autobiographical novel, Dannie Abse skilfully interweaves public and private themes, setting the fortunes of a Jewish family in Wales against the troubles of the times... unemployment, the rise of Hitler, and the Spanish Civil War.
language: English
title: Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve
titlecomplete: Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve (Library of Wales)
genres: Fiction, War, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 137
publisher: Parthian Books