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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee

In 1934, aged just 19 and with little more than a handful of biscuits and his fiddle, Laurie Lee left his Gloucestershire village, yearning for adventure. Reaching the coast, he embarked for Spain and walked from Vigo in the north to the southern coast, covering 20 miles a day under the merciless heat of the Spanish sun, playing his fiddle by pavement cafes and sleeping under the stars or on a bundle of hay in a roadside posada. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is redolent with the atmosphere of the towns and landscapes through which Lee passes, meeting unforgettable characters; a middle-aged landlady transformed into a proud flamenco dancer at the first scrape of the fiddle; a drinker who has trained a sparrow to sip other men’s drinks and carry each beak-full to his own mouth. Yet this is no idyll; the first indications of Civil War are evident in the arrogant attitude of the Civil Guard, the hungry despair of farmers and the crushing power of the Church. Lee’s growing love for the country and people meant that he could not remain a detached observer and, in the final chapter, he commits himself to the struggle.

This edition was published to celebrate the book’s 50th anniversary.

Features;

• Folio Society Second Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2011
• Brown Cloth Hardback, 198 pp
• Illustrated by Dan Haskett
• Size 250 x 150mm, 900g

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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