Cwmardy and We Live
Author: Lewis Jones
Desc: The epic industrial novels of the 1930s Cwmardy and We Live are published together here for the first time. In Cwmardy Big Jim collier and ex-Boer War soldier and his partner Siân endure the impact of strikes riots and war while their son Len emerges as a sharp thinker and dynamic political organizer. Len’s tale is taken up in We Live in which he is influenced by Mary a teacher and the Communist Party which becomes central to his work both underground and in union politics and to his decision to leave and fight in the Spanish Civil War. Cwmardy and We Live paint a graphic portrait of the casual exploitation tragedy and violence as well as the political hope and humanity of South Wales industrial workers from the 1900s to the 1930s.