As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A vivid and lyrical memoir, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning chronicles Laurie Lee's remarkable journey as a young man who left his Cotswold village in 1934 with little more than a violin and a burning desire for adventure. Walking across England and then Spain, Lee paints an intimate portrait of a country on the brink of civil war, capturing the warmth, poverty, and fierce pride of the Spanish people with poetic precision. Written in Lee's characteristically rich and sensory prose, the narrative uncovers a vanishing world of rural life, chance encounters, and youthful self-discovery. The sequel to his beloved Cider with Rosie, this account stands as both a timeless travel classic and a deeply personal coming-of-age story, cementing Lee's reputation as one of Britain's finest prose stylists.
Author: Laurie Lee
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Penguin
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A vivid and lyrical memoir, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning chronicles Laurie Lee's remarkable journey as a young man who left his Cotswold village in 1934 with little more than a violin and a burning desire for adventure. Walking across England and then Spain, Lee paints an intimate portrait of a country on the brink of civil war, capturing the warmth, poverty, and fierce pride of the Spanish people with poetic precision. Written in Lee's characteristically rich and sensory prose, the narrative uncovers a vanishing world of rural life, chance encounters, and youthful self-discovery. The sequel to his beloved Cider with Rosie, this account stands as both a timeless travel classic and a deeply personal coming-of-age story, cementing Lee's reputation as one of Britain's finest prose stylists.