Käesolev raamat pakub lugemiseks valiku proosapalu Thomase loometee algupoolelt, millest paljud jõudsid raamatukaante vahele alles pärast autori surma. Nad on suuresti autobiograafilised ja samas tihedalt läbi põimunud Walesi maastiku ja mütoloogiaga. Avanev maailm on ühtaeg hirmus ja lummav.
Dylan Thomas on kirjanik, keda võib liialdamata nimetada Walesi kõige silmapaistvamaks ja kuulsamaks, õigupoolest on tal oluline roll kogu Euroopa 20. sajandi kirjandusloos. Ehkki ta oli ennekõike tuntud kui luuletaja, moodustab tema proosa võrdselt huvitava ja ainulaadse pärandi.
Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914-1953) was a Welsh poet who wrote in English. Many regard him as one of the 20th century's most influential poets.
In addition to poetry, Thomas wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, with the latter frequently performed by Thomas himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his booming, at times, ostentatious voice, with a subtle Welsh lilt, became almost as famous as his works. His best-known work includes the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood and the celebrated villanelle for his dying father, "Do not go gentle into that good night." Appreciative critics have also noted the superb craftsmanship and compression of poems such as "In my craft or sullen art" and the rhapsodic lyricism of Fern Hill.
Kogumiku esimene novell "Pärast laata" oli väga hea, järgmised aga juba liiga üle võlli minu jaoks ning viimased suisa loetamatud. Lõigupikkused laused koos kahekümne metafooriga käivad mulle üle jõu.