The Alone to the Alone was first published in 1947. It came, Gwyn Thomas recalled, as the "last gasp of the first violent mood" of creation with which he had written his early masterpieces Oscar and The Dark Philosophers.
Gwyn Thomas is the author of numerous short story collections, six stage plays, an autobiography, A Few Selected Exits, and the novels All Things Betray Thee, The Dark Philosophers, Now Lead Us Home, and The World Cannot Hear You.