Fight and Flight
Essays on Ron Berry
Distributed for University of Wales Press
224 pages
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1 halftone
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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Table of Contents

Contents
Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of abbreviations Ways Out: Ways In: Ways Back An Introduction Barbara Prys-Williams, History is what you live: Ron Berry’s rumination on his conflicted life and times Tony Brown, A Man’s World:
Review Quotes
M. Wynn Thomas, Swansea University
"Ron Berry wrote with the pent-up ferocity of a pit explosion; and he jealously guarded the aggressive contrariness that energized his edgy talent. These pioneering essays take us to the heart of his prickly genius for capturing, with uncompromising honesty, that which was precious about his time, locality and vanishing community."
Niall Griffiths, Wolverhampton University
"At last we have critical analyses which do justice to the complex, profound, immersive and vital work of one of our best, and most achingly underrated, novelists. Each of the contributors to this fascinating volume engages with the technical skills and structural, innovative intricacies of Berry’s body of work without ever neglecting its warmth and empathy."
Rhian E. Jones, writer and historian
"Ron Berry’s writing vividly animated the heyday and decline of the south Wales coalfield, and the lives set against its backdrop, with distinctive style, wit and authenticity. This book provides comprehensive and insightful coverage of a neglected but vital Welsh author."
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