And I Shall Sleep ... Down Where the Moon Is Small

by Richard Llewellyn

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0450029328
• ISBN13: 9780450029325
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: New English Library
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A terrific book, but...

This book is not as good as "Up Into the Singing Mountain", which itself is not as good as "How Green Was My Valley". I will be reading the final installment "Green, Green my Vally Now" soon, and I expect that it will not be as good as DWTMIS. Having said this, I still found DWTMIS to be a thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing book. It piqued my curiosity about the real-life experiences of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia and caused me to do some Internet research on the topic. I agree with the previous reviewer about being uncomfortable with Huw's randiness and lack of sexual mores. There were times when I found myself wishing that he would keep his trousers on (although the sex scenes are creatively and interestingly written). There are many plot threads which had me in tears, although I'd be the first to admit that I'm a sentimental fool. I was on tenterhooks right to the end, hoping against hope that there would be no further deaths. A more astute, or ruthless, editor would have cut a good 50 or more pages from this book, which would have greatly increased the overall quality of the book and the enjoyment of the reader. There were times when I was bored, particularly during a very long section with the Welsh tailors, and I was tempted to skip a few paragraphs or pages. However, the quality of the plotting and the excitement of the last 150 pages is undeniable. In summary, this is a very good book that could have verged on excellent had it had somewhat fewer long-winded descriptions.