Red Sky at Sunrise: Cider with Rosie; as I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning; A Moment of War |
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Laurie Lee
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Pages: 544 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0140172858
Pub: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date: 1993-10-28
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6667
Reader Reviews:
One of the best books I have ever read (15/16 people found this helpful)
This collection of Laurie Lee's autobiographical works is absolutely fantastic. In "Cider With Rosie", the poetry of Lee's prose evocatively captures his early life in a Cotswold village in the years following World War 1. I was completely riveted to the subsequent story of his travels through Spain during the 1930's in the build up to the Civil War. In this day and age, to contemplate walking across Spain and through the Sierras with only a violin and a few dried biscuits is just unbelievable. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in travelling.
Enthrelling (15/19 people found this helpful)
I have always had an interest in Spain and the second and thirds books of the trilogy captivated me. It gives a view of Spain that lasted until the end of the Franco regime. Laurie Lee's discriptive powers fill the mind with vivid pictures of a life none of us in the modern day world will ever experience.
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