Cider with Rosie
- 96pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
A wonderfully vivid memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood and youth in a remote Cotswold village. From the Paperback edition.
La Trilogia Autobiografica Serie
Questa trilogia offre un viaggio intimo e poetico attraverso l'infanzia e l'adolescenza sullo sfondo della campagna inglese. Cattura le gioie sfrenate della natura, le esperienze toccanti della crescita e le complesse dinamiche familiari attraverso gli occhi di un giovane ragazzo. La narrazione è ricca di dettagli sensoriali, nostalgia e della bellezza senza tempo della vita quotidiana. È un'evocativa celebrazione della memoria e della resilienza che risuona profondamente nei lettori.
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Modern Classics As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
- 224pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for 'Will you please give me a glass of water?', he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War puts an end to his extraordinary peregrinations . . . 'He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour' Sunday Times 'There's a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down' New Statesman 'A beautiful piece of writing' Observer
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, the autobiography of a young Englishman in the Spanish Civil War.