The Green Month, 9780571394548
Hardcover
Love, desire, nature: Welsh poet’s timeless passion reborn in English.
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The Green Month

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  • Hardcover

    64 pages

  • Release Date

    23 October 2025

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Summary

The Green Month: Rediscovering Wales’ Master Poet

Delightful new versions of the great Welsh medieval poet’s lyrics - intimate, urgent and timeless

Dafydd ap Gwilym, the pre-eminent poet of Wales, explored love, desire and the natural world with startling frankness and virtuoso wit. In a sequence freely adapted from Dafydd’s work, Matthew Francis brings him to life for the modern English-speaking reader: as he waits in the woods for his lover, ogles the girl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571394548
ISBN-10:057139454X
Author:Matthew Francis
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:23 October 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Matthew Francis

Matthew Francis has lived in Wales for twenty-five years and his poetic version of the Welsh national epic The Mabinogi has been widely acclaimed. He has published six collections with Faber, and edited W. S. Graham’s New Collected Poems. His other work includes a collection of short stories and three novels.

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