Grits

Niall Griffiths

A powerful, often bleak work which has been compared to Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting

Grits is the story of a group of disenfranchised loners who meet in a small coastal village in West Wales at the end of the 1990s.

The members of the group are brought together as they try to escape their various addictions - alcohol, drugs, promiscuity, petty crime - and find meaning within their blighted lives.

Each character's story is told phonetically in their own rich dialect, which effectively carries their personalities from the page.

An uncompromising, often bleak novel, Grits is certainly a difficult book, but the dedication of any reader will be rewarded.

The Element of Water was chosen by Radio 1 presenter Bethan Elfyn as her Welsh book of choice.

《砂砾》讲述了一群被社会遗弃、离群索居的人的故事。20世纪90年代末，他们在西威尔士的一个海滨小镇上相遇了。

他们曾经酗酒、吸毒、乱交或犯有其他的轻微罪行，为了摆脱各自的不良嗜好，这群人走到了一起，并且从他们挫败的人生中找到了生活的意义。

每个人物的故事都以他们各自丰富的方言娓娓道来，人物鲜明的个性跃然纸上。

作为一部主旨明确、色彩阴郁的小说，《砂砾》必定很难读懂，但是只要你细心品读，一定会获益无穷。

《砂砾》被第一广播电台主持人Bethan Elfyn(贝瑟·艾尔芬)选为她的威尔士优选书籍。