Dimensions
140 x 205 x 14mm
Dylan Thomas's letters to the many women in his life are among the most beautiful and lyrical he wrote. From Wales, from London, from New York, from wherever the poet's life took him, he wrote letters full of longing and separation. They are cajoling, apologetic, uninhibited, funny, tactical and loving.
Thomas was an inexperienced and feckless lover, but he was fortunate enough to inspire a more constant affection in the women who loved him. This collection includes letters to Pamela, his first love, to Caitlin, his equally flamboyant wife, and to later loves, like Elizabeth Reitel, the woman who was with him on the night he died in New York.
Like most great letter-writers, Thomas had the gift of writing as if his correspondent stood in front of him. He could use his letters to accomplish a number of tasks - to beg forgiveness, to make excuses, to amuse or deflect, to give an impression of confidence and ease. Sensual and earthy, like so much of his poetry, they were all designed to secure Thomas's place in his lover's heart and memory - the purpose of all true love letters.
