num_pages: 144
description: First the young schoolboy, gloriously immersed in make-believe in a shabby farmyard or beginning to interpret the urgent rituals of old age and courtship. Then the budding poet with his thrilling friendships and dreams of fortune. Finally, the neophyte reporter roaming suburban Swansea for momentous material. In these stories Dylan Thomas shows the exuberance of youth maturing into a fine celebratory compassion and the poet's sheer ironic relish for the eccentricities of common life.
language: English
title: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog
titlecomplete: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog
characters: Dylan Thomas
genres: Classics, British Literature, Irish Literature, Collections, Short Stories, Humor, 20th Century, Literature, Poetry, Fiction
ratings_count: 2117
publisher: Phoenix Paperbacks