Everything Must Change
A poignant novel that contemplates social conscience and radical activism in the modern world, this story relates a 20th-century French philosopher and radical activist, Simone Weil, to a 21st-century Welsh language advocate, Meinwen Jones. Simone probes the experiences and philosophies beneath a radical and intellectual exterior, which often leads her to self-destructive actions. Against this narrative are Meinwen and her contemporaries, who examine the fate of post-devolution Wales. The self-denying, ascetic lives of both women are portrayed with gentle clarity, and the novel travels between humanizing dissent and the cold politics of acute social conscience.
Everything Must Change is a moving and thoughtful first novel about passionately held, radical beliefs and their place in the modern world.
The novel intercuts the stories of twentieth century French philosopher and activist Simone Weil, and twenty-first century campaigner Meinwen Jones, who is adrift in post-devolution Wales.
In an inter war Europe threatened by fascism, Simone, an idealistic, gifted young Jewish woman, seeks a vocation which will satisfy her passion for justice and her dangerous desire for sell sacrifice.
A world away, Meinwen has sacrificed love, a career and a future to the cause of an ancient culture fighting for survival. In TV studios, political rallies and in prison, she takes Simone as her inspiration in a lonely battle against globalisation. But, increasingly, old certainties are called into guestion.
When friends become enemies, and enemies offer friendship, both women question their long-held beliefs and face choices which will lead to life or death.
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9781854114235
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Fiction
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Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd
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288
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$13.95
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| Author |
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Davies, Grahame
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01/30/2008
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In Print
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Paperback
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English
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Height: 8 Inches (US)
Width: 5.25 Inches (US)
Thickness: 1 Inches (US)
Unit Weight: 0.75 Pounds (US)
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