Flowers of War

When the author is given a small package, containingletters and papers relating to his grandfather's brother, whowas killed in Syria during the Second World War, it leadshim on an extended personal journey. An exploration ofhistory, imagination and the process of memory, shiftingimperceptibly from autobiography to travelogue, from lettersand diaries to official records.In his first prose work Lewis reveals a rare and consummateliterary talent. Deeply rooted in his Welsh identity, this youngwriter locates his own and his family's experience within thewider European world in a thoughtful, mature and highlyoriginal book.