Dylan Thomas?s vivid, affectionate portrait of youth - and the journey towards finding one?s own artistic voice A boy grows up in a small Welsh town, moving through school, family life and first encounters with the wider world in moments of mischief and self-discovery. Along the way, a sensibility begins to take shape ? playful, observant and alive to the strangeness of the everyday. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days