Goronwy Rees
Subtitle: sketches in autobiography
By: edited with introduction and notes by John Harris.
Contributors: Harris, John, 1937-
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Rees, Goronwy, 1909-; Authors, Welsh -- 20th century -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British; Welsh -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography; Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945; Wales -- Social life and customs
Genres: Biography.
Description: "After gaining an Oxford fellowship at the age of twenty-one, Goronwy Rees (1909-79) went on to write for the Guardian and the Spectator before becoming Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1953. A Marxist intellectual turned cold warrior, who also claimed that 'writing books is the only thing I'm serious about', he became a full-time writer in 1957 following his acrimonious resignation from Aberystwyth over revelations about his friendship with Guy Burgess. This first study of Rees as author sets his writings in the context of a dramatically eventful life." "John Harris also discusses Rees's complex relationship with Wales and how, although an unwavering advocate of home rule, he was perceived in his native country as being anti-Welsh. Whatever his personal trials, Rees kept up writing, publishing a powerful novel of ideas, a range of non-literary books, and two fine volumes of memoirs blending fictionalized autobiography with acute social analysis."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-415).
Table of contents: title: A bundle of sensations; title: A chapter of accidents; title: A winter in Berlin.