Childhood at Oriol

Burn will be 96 when Childhood at Oriol is released. He was a prisoner of war in WWII, a reporter for The Times of London, and a mussel farmer in Wales. He published numerous books of non-fiction, several novels and 5 books of poetry. His autobiography, Turned Towards the Sun, was published last year in the UK by Michael Russell.

• “An enchanting story of the fairy-tale-like youth of two British children, Childhood at Oriol has been resurrected from its 1951 limited printing. The novel maintains a sense of gallant storytelling; the author's methodology is consistent with the nature of childhood—innocent yet vaguely aware, and the novel's fluid language makes ordinary events appear interesting and inviting.” —Rain Taxi


• “A stately novel... beguiling, genteel.” —The New York Times