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Most of these stories are set in the 1930s w hen male unemployment in the Rhondda valleys was as high as 42 percent. Poverty, emigration, boredom, and loss of self-r espect are the basis of Thomas''s art, yet the result is not embittered. '
Most of these stories are set in the 1930s w hen male unemployment in the Rhondda valleys was as high as 42 percent. Poverty, emigration, boredom, and loss of self-r espect are the basis of Thomas''s art, yet the result is not embittered. '