Review:
Dignity
by Alys Conran and
Llyfr Glas Nebo
by Manon Steffan Ros From Planet 234
Mary Lloyd Jones reviews
Dignity
by Alys Conran and
Llyfr Glas Nebo
by Manon Steffan Ros
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, £14.99
To experience the world through the eyes of another, to look at a fragmented mirror and there see lifestyles from the other side of the world: this is why we need the Arts. In Dignity, we hear the voices of three women whose stories are linked and interwoven. In 2019, it should not be a surprise that the voices are female, but female in a world created by men, for the three are connected by the theme of colonial India. In my schooldays, we beheld the world map with its large areas painted pink; this led in later years to much historical reading and the realisation that the Welsh were the first people colonised by the English. An ingredient in creating a colony and subduing hostile people is the destruction of language and culture. The Welsh experience was then repeated worldwide, as the British Empire.
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