Last Day, The

Charlotte says about The Last Day:
"First published in 1972 and translated from Welsh, The Last Day consists of just a few diary entries; written by a man called Marc, they reveal how his 20th Century was lost to machines, and how those who could have stopped it failed to. If you’re a dystopian lover and haven’t read this little gem, then you’re missing out! With shades of Orwell, Olga Ravn and Jacqueline Harpman, this is a little novel full of very big concepts."

The Last Day is more than a moving call to arms for speakers of minority languages facing extinction; at its core, it's a tragic human-scale story played out between the few figures who could have stopped the madness before it was too late. It is, moreover, a meditation on themes like free will, artificial intelligence and the socio-historical processes that contribute towards the death of a nation. These themes are as relevant now - if not more so - as they were when the novel was written.