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Parthian
07 November 2024
A science fiction cult classic.

The Last Day is more than a moving call to arms for speakers of minority languages facing extinction; at its core, it's a tragic human-scale story played out between the few figures who could have stopped the madness before it was too late. It is, moreover, a meditation on themes like free will, artificial intelligence and the socio-historical processes that contribute towards the death of a nation. These themes are as relevant now - if not more so - as they were when the novel was written.
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Imprint:   Parthian
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9781914595806
ISBN 10:   1914595807
Pages:   136
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Owain Owain (1929 - 1993) was a writer, physicist and language activist. He founded Tafod Y Ddraig, the Welsh Language Society newspaper which remains a cornerstone of Welsh-language activism, as well as the ubiquitous 'Dragon's Tongue' logo. A prolific and eclectic writer, his biography Mical (1976, Gwasg Gomer) won Literature Wales's Book of the Year award. His novel Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day) was the inspiration for musical artist Gwenno Saunders' 2014 album of the same name. Since then, it has been translated into Polish and Cornish, and was republished in Welsh in 2021 on Gwasg y Bwthyn.

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