{"product_id":"9781912368099","title":"Going South: The stories of Richard Hughes Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the North Wales slate quarries at the end of the nineteenth century, these stories represent a time of unparalleled cultural wealth and economic hardship. With a simplicity that belies their emotional impact, they depict the quarrymen united by humour and friendship against the oppression and upheaval of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Hughes Williams, nicknamed Dic Tryfan (1878-1919), was proclaimed as a Welsh Gorky in his day, but only now has a body of his work been translated. A liberal, a secularist and an internationalist, he yet depicts his compatriots with loyalty, with humour and with never-failing compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cockatrice Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062951428336,"sku":"9781912368099","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781912368099_p0.jpg?v=1763631616","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781912368099","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}