Under Milk Wood

[andrew_s]

I know its not a military-themed book, and it's originally a play, but it really is a beautfully written book , about a small, quirky village in Wales. The language used is quite rich (compared to most modern novels) which i found a bit full on at first but i eventually got into it, but the best medium of which to ''experiance'' it is on audio book.
As i've said before it was written as a play, and is best suited to this as it quickly changes from one character to another in quick succession, (which makes it quite hard to follow in book form) and i assume this is why it is known as 'the play of voices', so in a nut shell-it's good.


p.s Anyone else read/heard it?
Andy.

[Hyperlithe]

I've seen it performed as a play in the round (the audience sits in the middle, and the actors move round them) it was good. Was difficult for the english actors to maintain credible welsh accents though!

[Guest]

Ooooh Richard Burton
Lovely voice

[Wholley]

Andrew,
you have good taste.
Dylan Thomas,the best thing to come out of Wales since coal.
You read any of his short stories for kid's?
Loz,
Liz got him first,twice,I think.
Wholley.

[andrew_s]

Wholley,
No i haven't read them, i imagine there pretty good?-what is/are the title(s). I own a collection of his poems which im sure you know are really good, his use of the english language is amazing-especially for a welsh man .

I'v just finished reading a biog about him, he was a 'character' to say the least. The thing's he got up to.......
Andy.