The Mookse and the Gripes » Thomas Dylan http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews Book reviews of contemporary literary fiction and modern classics. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:20:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2009/12/25/dylan-thomas-a-childs-christmas-in-wales/ http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2009/12/25/dylan-thomas-a-childs-christmas-in-wales/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:30:16 +0000 Trevor http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/?p=3010 I just read Dylan Thomas’s prose/poem “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” (1954) and thought recommending it would nicely accompany my holiday greeting.  The phyiscal book itself is striking.  The high-quality paper is visible in the picture below as are some of the woodcuts that we find throughout this short but impactful book.  It’s a book best read in one sitting, and perhaps with little more foreknowledge than this: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” begins with childish mischief in the form of snowball fights and ends with a nice Christmas night. 

I turned the gas down, I got into bed.  I said some words to the close and holy darkness, and then I slept.

Merry Christmas!

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