tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post6248847982124784174..comments2024-03-28T15:09:27.574+00:00Comments on The Spoons That Are My Ears!: The Most Successful Welsh WritersRhys Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-66541850947689630352012-06-25T15:24:44.875+01:002012-06-25T15:24:44.875+01:00Ah crossed posts! I was answering George, not you,...Ah crossed posts! I was answering George, not you, Des! But thanks!Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804628726352473933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-61641261091198947212012-06-25T15:24:20.731+01:002012-06-25T15:24:20.731+01:00That's it exactly! There's no real 'wo...That's it exactly! There's no real 'working class' here anymore. The real working class in Britain now are the Polish migrant workers who work bloody hard for minimal pay. The British 'working class' are either middle class fakes or uneducated chavs who spend their time driving stolen quad bikes to council estate pubs so they can spend their welfare payments on drugs.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804628726352473933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-47898263991452429002012-06-25T15:24:19.568+01:002012-06-25T15:24:19.568+01:00I get the worst of both worlds being half Welsh an...I get the worst of both worlds being half Welsh and Half English! Not that I deserve fame - <br /><br />A worthy article, Rhys. I thnk you and Tim are both heroes, Welsh or not.Nemonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308850492930940749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-13605171016436835182012-06-25T15:11:52.801+01:002012-06-25T15:11:52.801+01:00so out of curiosity, are these writers of "so...so out of curiosity, are these writers of "social realism' in a position that they can write about their subjects realistically?<br /><br />i ask this because i once read a novel about the struggles of common workers trying to unionize, and afterwards discovered the writer was in middle management with a fortune 500 company.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779555340203865460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-351786204699260062012-06-25T15:06:25.952+01:002012-06-25T15:06:25.952+01:00George: the problem here is that we are wedded to ...George: the problem here is that we are wedded to 'social realism'. That is the only acceptable literary form in Wales. Anything that's even slightly different from the 'social realist' ideal is ignored.<br /><br />The Irish got it right. So did the Scottish... James Joyce, Beckett, Flan O'Brien, Alasdair Gray, Iain Banks... They have an understanding of their place in the wider world. We in Wales don't, alas.<br /><br />It's heartening to hear, however, of the situation in Texas. If only we could learn something from you along those lines, but our 'mutual support' is entirely social realist cliques bigging each other up.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804628726352473933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-51960413960146946292012-06-25T15:00:24.049+01:002012-06-25T15:00:24.049+01:00as i read this, the first thing that came to mind ...as i read this, the first thing that came to mind is the amount of support that texas writers and readers tend to throw at one another. despite that we are the size of france, there is a great deal of mutual respect shared by texicans. even now, after more than a decade that one particular writer has written a significant novel, you will find him recommended and supported by other texas writers and readers. we don't give up on each other.<br /><br />this being said, i don't understand why the Welsh aren't more supportive of their own. in all honesty, i didn't know this was the case. but indeed Langford, Reynolds, Lebbon, and even our man Hughes deserve that kind of support from the locals.<br /><br />i find Lebbon's best work to be in the short and mid-forms, with the novella being the model structure for his work. here he excels. i don't know what it would take to get the Welshicans to stand up for their own, but i'm sure it starts with the writers themselves.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779555340203865460noreply@blogger.com