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Saith Oes Efa
A collection of seven short stories told in the first person from the perspective of girls and women of different ages, and from different parts of Wales. Winner of the Prose Medal at the 2014 National Eisteddfod in Llanelli, where Lleucu Roberts also won the Daniel Owen prize for her novel Rhwng Edafedd.
126 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2014
About the author
Lleucu Roberts
29 books3 followersBorn in Aberystwyth in 1964, Lleucu Roberts was brought up in nearby Bow Street, and now lives in Rhostryfan in Gwynedd. She was educated in Ysgol Gynradd Rhydypennau, Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig and Aberystwyth University.
She has written children's books, television scripts, and stories and novels for adults. In 2014 she won both major prose prizes, the Medal and the Daniel Owen, at the National Eisteddfod in Llanelli.
She is married to the poet Arwel "Pod" Roberts, and has four children.
She has written children's books, television scripts, and stories and novels for adults. In 2014 she won both major prose prizes, the Medal and the Daniel Owen, at the National Eisteddfod in Llanelli.
She is married to the poet Arwel "Pod" Roberts, and has four children.
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January 31, 2021
A very interesting collection of stories, each one was unique and well told. Ddynes and Fydd were my favourites, Dad Fi also struck a chord but it was heartbreaking also. I would definitely recommend Saith Oes Efa as there's bound to be a story everyone would like.
July 6, 2026
Gwrandewais ar y llyfr llafar, ond bydd yn rhaid i mi brynu copi o'r llyfr am fy mod i'n ysu i gael ailddarllen rhai o'r straeon a myfyrio dros ambell dro yn y cynffon. Gwnaeth pob un stori gydio a gwrthod fy ngollwng. Anaml iawn rwyt ti'n gorffen llyfr ac yn ysu i gael fynd yn ôl at y dudalen gyntaf i gael ail-fyw'r bydoedd dychmygol. Mae Lleucu'n haeddu statws 'trysor cenedlaethol' a hawdd yw gweld pam ennillodd y gyfrol hon y Fedal Ryddiaeth
February 24, 2015
[English follows]
Da iawn, wedi mwynhau. Storiau person cyntaf, pob un am fenyw oedran gwahanol, neu adeg o fywyd - ambell un yn ymwneud a iechyd meddwl. Sawl tafodiaith hefyd - cymoedd y De, Caernarfon, y gorllewin, a'r iaith oedran gwahanol - anodd iawn i ddal y cywair cywir ond meddwl bod yr awdur wedi llwyddo, er bod angen weithiau dweud pethau er mwyn eu deall yn fy achos i - geiriau sydd wedi rhedeg mewn i'w gilydd yn debyg i hashtags Twitter! Ambell sylw craf ar gymdeithas y Cymry Cymraeg hefyd (gw. sgwrs y mamau eraill am fagu eu blant yn y stori am y ferch gydag iselder ol-geni, a'r sylw y ferch o'r cymoedd a cafodd rhan mewn sioe ysgol "er nad ydw i ferch i rywun" - Cymreig iawn, a gwych!)
Very good, enjoyed this. Stories written in the first person, each one about a woman of a different age or stage of life [so, seven ages of Eve, like the seven ages of man, or Adam). In several different dialects - South Wales valleys, Caernarfon, west Wales, and the language of different ages - very hard to capture the right tone but I think the author has succeeded, although sometimes you (or I, at least!) need to read things aloud in order to understand them - words which run into each other rather like long hashtags on Twitter! Some keen observation of the life of Welsh-speaking Wales, too, such as the conversation between the other mothers on bringing up their children in the story about the women with post-natal depression, and the comment by the girl from the Valleys who got a part in the school show "despite not being anyone's daughter" - very familiar and instantly recognisable in "Welsh" Wales, and splendid!)
Da iawn, wedi mwynhau. Storiau person cyntaf, pob un am fenyw oedran gwahanol, neu adeg o fywyd - ambell un yn ymwneud a iechyd meddwl. Sawl tafodiaith hefyd - cymoedd y De, Caernarfon, y gorllewin, a'r iaith oedran gwahanol - anodd iawn i ddal y cywair cywir ond meddwl bod yr awdur wedi llwyddo, er bod angen weithiau dweud pethau er mwyn eu deall yn fy achos i - geiriau sydd wedi rhedeg mewn i'w gilydd yn debyg i hashtags Twitter! Ambell sylw craf ar gymdeithas y Cymry Cymraeg hefyd (gw. sgwrs y mamau eraill am fagu eu blant yn y stori am y ferch gydag iselder ol-geni, a'r sylw y ferch o'r cymoedd a cafodd rhan mewn sioe ysgol "er nad ydw i ferch i rywun" - Cymreig iawn, a gwych!)
Very good, enjoyed this. Stories written in the first person, each one about a woman of a different age or stage of life [so, seven ages of Eve, like the seven ages of man, or Adam). In several different dialects - South Wales valleys, Caernarfon, west Wales, and the language of different ages - very hard to capture the right tone but I think the author has succeeded, although sometimes you (or I, at least!) need to read things aloud in order to understand them - words which run into each other rather like long hashtags on Twitter! Some keen observation of the life of Welsh-speaking Wales, too, such as the conversation between the other mothers on bringing up their children in the story about the women with post-natal depression, and the comment by the girl from the Valleys who got a part in the school show "despite not being anyone's daughter" - very familiar and instantly recognisable in "Welsh" Wales, and splendid!)
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