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It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one Spanish phrase, he decided to see Spain. For a year he tramped through a country in which the signs of impending civil war were clearly visible. Thirty years later Laurie Lee captured the atmosphere of the Spain he saw with all the freshness and beauty of a young man's vision, creating a lyrical and lucid picture of the beautiful and violent country that was to involve him inextricably.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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What a marvellous book.
On the face of it a simple coming of age story, that of a young man leaving home to walk around Spain. A very layman's view of it, as this however is written for the poet inside us. Wonderful language for a long lost age where you really could abandon yourself completely and travel in its purest sense.
Beware though as this book may make you want to give it all up and set off with your knapsack
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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It's not often that a story grabs your attention straight away like this one did with me. On the face of it, a simple story about a young man setting off to find his fortune in a foreign land, the book has so much more. It's about youth and idealism, friendship, life on the road and the desire to just keep moving until you stop. And even though he obviously wrote it many years after making the trip (the emotions running through the tale are those of middle age not late teens), it hardly matters. Quite brilliant. Just like the 'sequel' A Rose for Winter.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book in the first half of the 1970's. I have often thought of it since and am delighted to have at last found the means to purchase a copy and read it all over again. I probably do not recall any of the text but 40 years later I still feel the way it touched me.
An earlier reviewer wrote "beware, it may make you get up and leave",. That's very true, I did ... what a book!
An earlier reviewer wrote "beware, it may make you get up and leave",. That's very true, I did ... what a book!
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A vivid journey through life and Spain.
I have just read this book cover to cover in one day and have loved every step of the way. It is beautiful and captivating. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Stewart
Memories
This book was bought originally for my wife as she felt that present day writers on the whole lacked the talent of yesteryears. Read more
Published 9 months ago by John Breeze
Self-indulgent
It was a chore to read. Lee was a teenager when he set out to walk through Spain, but not when he wrote this, so there's no excuse. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Is it just me?
charming -with an edge
Read this years ago and it has lost none of its charm- remarkably undated writing, fresh and lively- does not dwell on looming civil war but this gives it an edge. Read more
Published 12 months ago by tigercat
Wanderlust - Good authentic light reading.
Interesting story of a walk round Spain in the 1930's. The author earned his 'bread' playing his violin by busking, as it is known today. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ricky Dee
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) is an autobiographical account of an epic journey around Spain in the nineteen thirties. Read more
Published 14 months ago by R. D. Bovington
Love Laurie Lee!
Read Cider with Rosie first, and I was hooked!This guy can write! I'm now on A Moment of War, the next in the series.Cannot recommend this man's work too highly
Published 17 months ago by George Gray
As i walked out one Midsummer morning by Laurie Lee
I had read Cider with Rosie also written by Laurie Lee back in the 1960s as part of my GCE O level literature course. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. M. E. King
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Book was described as very good condition. Was a very old copy and the pages were discoloured due to over exposure to sunlight.
Published 21 months ago by derek
A book I m magnetically drawn to leafing through over and over again
There is little more I can add that has nt already been written before by the previous reviewers. However this book is one of those that I every month or so I just open at a page... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Paul Hoffman
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