{"product_id":"9781912368143","title":"Hallowe'en in the Cwm: The stories of Glasynys","description":"\u003cp\u003eA former farmhand from the Conwy valley returns from England to stop a wedding, and to see if a snare he once set has sprung. A bridegroom in Nant Gwrtheyrn devotes his life to finding the bride who has disappeared without trace. A kindly old man from Esgair Adda tells his nephew two ghost stories from his youth, and a young man staying at a country house for Hallowe'en sets his hopes on marrying his host's young daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen Wynne Jones, also known as Glasynys (1828-1870) was a school-teacher, and clergyman, an editor and poet, and an influential figure in the eisteddfod movement. But he was also a folklorist and short-story writer, whose contributions to the Welsh anthology, \u003ci\u003eCymru Fu\u003c\/i\u003e (1864), influenced T. Gwynn Jones among others, and now, in this new translation by Rob Mimpriss, a body of his work is available to English readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining horror, romance, humour and adventure with his own moving descriptions of the hospitality and generosity of ordinary people, these stories provide an account of a way of life now vanished, and a glimpse into the extraordinary richness of the Welsh oral tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRob Mimpriss is the author of three short-story collections, \u003ci\u003eReasoning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor His Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrayer at the End\u003c\/i\u003e, and the translator of \u003ci\u003eGoing South: The Stories of Richard Hughes Williams\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent short fiction has been translated into Arabic by Hala Salah Eldin for an anthology of fiction published by Albawtaka, Cairo, and has been short-listed for the Rhys Davies Prize. He has published criticism and reviews of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Robert Olmstead and others for \u003ci\u003eNew Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Welsh Review\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. In 2011 he was elected to Membership of the Welsh Academy, in recognition of his contributions to Welsh writing. He lives at http:\/\/www.robmimpriss.com and in Bangor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cockatrice Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040127828208,"sku":"9781912368143","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781912368143_p0.jpg?v=1763631008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781912368143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}