There are a lot of books in the apartment that I haven't read. One I've been meaning to read for years is Dylan Thomas's Quite Early One Morning. As the back cover notes, the book contains short stories, autobiographical sketches and
essays. Some poems also appear, within some of the prose pieces. Thomas died in 1953; the book was published by New Directions
in 1954.
I picked up the book tonight, from a stack of
books in the bedroom. The first piece is titled "Reminiscences of
Childhood," and is dated 1943 and 1953. I was taken by the first
sentence:
"I like very much people telling me about
their childhood, but they'll have to be quick or else I'll be telling
them about mine."