The Fight for Manod
{{Short description|1979 novel by Raymond Williams}}
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{{Infobox novel
| author = Raymond Williams
| image = TheFightForManod.jpg
| published = Chatto & Windus
| caption = First edition cover
| isbn = 0-701-20809-0
| pub_date = 1979
}}
The Fight for Manod ({{ISBN|0701208090}}) is a 1979 novel by Welsh author Raymond Williams.{{Cite news |last=Ableman |first=Paul |date=January 27, 1979 |title=The Fight for Manod Raymond Williams (Book Review) |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1295815340/381E6B1948E14D6BPQ |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=The Spectator |location=London |page=23 |via=ProQuest |volume=242 |issue=7855}}{{Cite journal |last=Milner |first=Andrew |date=December 2016 |title=Resources for a Journey of Hope: Raymond Williams on Utopia and Science Fiction |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1749975516631584 |journal=Cultural Sociology |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=415–430 |doi=10.1177/1749975516631584 |issn=1749-9755}}{{Cite journal |last=Efstathiou |first=Christos |date=2021 |title=Zones of Eden: Utopian fragments in Raymond Williams's The Fight for Manod and E. P. Thompson's The Sykaos Papers |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2628261096/381E6B1948E14D6BPQ |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=Utopian Studies |pages=613-35 |via=ProQuest |volume=32 |issue=3}}
Plot summary
Matthew Price and Peter Owen both have their roots within the borders of Wales. They each have contributed to a decision on the idea of building a new town, Manod, in the depopulated valleys of South Wales. A splendid idea - or is there more going on behind the scenes than is admitted?
See also
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- Border Country - a novel about Matthew Price's earlier life.
- Second Generation - a novel about Peter Owen's earlier life.
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References
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