Books 2 ; Author's Notes: Joanna Davies Caused a Stir with Her Welsh Language Novel Ffreshars. Now She's Produced a 'Director's Cut' English Version. The Writer Explains Why None of the Impact of This Rites of Passage Tale has Become Lost in Translation

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WHEN I published my first Welsh language novel, Ffreshars in September 2008, I was taken aback at the reaction from some members of the more conservative Welsh language press.

The novel, which follows the adventures of three young Freshers during their first tumultuous year at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in the early '90s, was warmly received by the majority, but some eyebrows were raised at its 'OTT' portrayal of student life.

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Books 2 ; Author's Notes: Joanna Davies Caused a Stir with Her Welsh Language Novel Ffreshars. Now She's Produced a 'Director's Cut' English Version. The Writer Explains Why None of the Impact of This Rites of Passage Tale has Become Lost in Translation

"This isn't how I spent my time at Aberystwyth University," one reviewer huffed. Well, it is fiction after all and a bit of dramatic licence is required, as writing about my three characters attending lecture...

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