Description
Set in the fictional Rhondda mining village of Cwmardy, this landmark 1937 novel draws on Lewis Jones’s own experience as a miner, union organiser, and activist to illuminate working-class life from the inside. Through the intertwined stories of Big Jim and his wife Siân, and the coming-of-age of young Len, the book follows how hardship, community bonds, and political awakening shape a family and a village over time. With vivid realism and a distinctly Welsh sense of place, it explores themes of labour, solidarity, class struggle, and the moral costs of power—showing how ordinary people fight for dignity in the face of exploitation. Part social history and part compelling narrative, Cwmardy blends lived experience with sharp social insight to capture the forces that turn private lives into public resistance.
Available Editions
paperback
Parthian Books
Published Jan 1, 2015
304 pages
ISBN: 9781910409381
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Details
First Published
1937
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cwmardy by Lewis Jones.