Niall Griffiths Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

An historical novel set Wales before the Industrial Revolution, as human love tries to flower amidst squalor and serfdom.

A Welsh community is drawn together and blown apart by a strange vision in the mountains: the huge spectre of a woman floating over a ridge. The people who live here in these mountains already have their own demons - drink, drugs, domestic violence, psychoses - but each character has a different experience of this strange apparition, a different reaction, and for some it will change everything. Is it a collective hallucination? A meteorological phenomenon? Whatever it is, they all saw something, early one morning on the shores of a mountain lake, something that will awaken in them powers and passions and, perhaps, a possibility of healing these broken people in a broken country. An examination of modern humanity's desperate need to live meaningfully and vividly in a mediated world - where individual autonomy is lost and the collective heart is atomised and exploited - this is a novel that gives voices to the marginalised, the dispossessed, the forgotten. Disturbing and unforgettable, darkly funny and deeply moving, written in a charged language that is vernacular, lyrical and hieratic all at once, Broken Ghost is - simultaneously - a howl of anguish and a summoning of gods.

A thought provoking and inspiring story written for emerging readers, particularly those who are offenders, disaffected or at risk. Jerry is excited about taking his young son Stevie to watch the big match.

A giant of modern literature, Niall Griffiths first poetry collection is every bit as exhilarating as his celebrated novels. Culled from two decades of notebooks, diaries and the sodden backs of beermats, Red Roar 20 Years of Words celebrates Griffith s journey towards ecstatic redemption through language. Here is poetry that strips the human experience back to its barest bones and exposes the raw and unflinching essence within.

Sixteen-year-old Grace has dreams, and she knows how to make them come true: a little silicone and surgery here and there -nose, breasts, lips, hair, teeth, nails. When he sees how utterly Grace has changed, he realises how far the world has fallen since those days.

In 1976, Niall's family emigrated to Australia, as part of the GBP10 Pom scheme. He lived there for 3 years, moving from Brisbane to Perth in a souped- up station wagon. 30 years later, he returned to retrace his steps. This is his memoir.

"Non potevo fare a meno di pensare. Dio mio, questi postini, non fanno altro che infilare le loro lettere nelle cassette e scopare. Questo è il lavoro che fa per me. oh. sì sì sì." Ma il paradiso sognato da Henry Chinaski, il leggendario e popolare alter ego di Bukowski, viene brutalmente smentito dalla realtà quando, assunto dall'amministrazione postale americana, si ritrova con la sacca di cuoio sulle spalle a girare in lungo e in largo attraverso la squallida periferia di Los Angeles. Profondamente deluso dalla monotona routine quotidiana e insofferente agli sterili e rigidi regolamenti della macchina burocratica. Chinaski si consola affogando le sue frustrazioni nell'alcol e trovando rifugio tra le morbide braccia di donne più sole di lui, come la calda e accogliente Betty, l'insaziabile e vogliosa texana Joyce e Fay, la contestatrice hippy che gli darà una figlia prima di sparire in una remota comunità. Tra clamorose sbornie, azzardate puntate all'ippodromo e "movimentate" nottate in motel sgangherati, Chinaski riuscirà a "guadagnarsi" il licenziamento e a farsi riassumere, ma solo per licenziarsi definitivamente, inorridito e disgustato da quell'immenso ufficio postale che, poi, è la vita stessa.

Aberystwyth is a vibrant Welsh town characterized by its bilingual community, rich history, and diverse population, including students and long-term residents. The guidebook explores its evolution from medieval origins to Victorian prominence, highlighting notable landmarks like the National Library of Wales and its unique cultural blend. The author intertwines personal experiences with historical insights, creating a captivating narrative that balances the ordinary with the extraordinary, making it an engaging read for both locals and visitors alike.

On leaving school a sixteen-year-old boy goes to live with his uncle on a remote Welsh hill-farm. The boy is a spiritual savant: an unwitting repository of folk memory from the margins, barely educated but possessed of extraordinary insights;

A quirky and frank depiction of Liverpool, in which the author considers its maritime and merchant histories, class divisions, sectarian divides, Celtic influences, and the siege mentality underpinning the celebrated Scouse humour. Written with a strong autobiographical element, the author tells his own story and interviews many people connected to the city.