Description
Across seven long stories, this collection turns a clear, unsentimental eye on later life—how bodies change, how communities shift, and how politics and culture reshape what it means to belong. From asylum-seeking to the tensions of nationalism in Wales and Europe, the characters confront upheaval with wit, stubbornness, and hard-won perspective, revealing both the costs and the unexpected gifts of age. Emyr Humphreys’ accessible storytelling is grounded in realism, yet carries thought-provoking undercurrents about power, identity, and the ways modern society accommodates—or fails to accommodate—the old. Lively and deeply believable, these stories invite readers to reconsider age not as a problem to be managed, but as a viewpoint that can challenge the 21st century’s assumptions.
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paperback
Seren Books
Published Jan 1, 2003
244 pages
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Old People Are a Problem by Emyr Humphreys.