There perhaps are many like Laurie Lee and Paul Theroux who have walked to other lands but few of those have the gift of observation that sees things as they are and can write their opinion about it. Welcome back. He gets a job as a labourer on a building site which enables him to stay in London and rent a room. Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016. His gentle descriptions of seeing the world in a new way, and transforming his life as a result, will ring true for anyone who’s stood in a foreign landscape, and felt a great gust of cool air through the mind because of it. Walk along with a remarkable young man as he adventure in Spain in the 1930's, Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014. As the building work reaches completion, he starts to consider where to go next, Europe beckons and he chooses Spain purely because he knows a single phrase in the language. Beautifully written book about Laurie Lee's experiences as a nineteen-year-old walking through Spain just before, and as, the Civil War started. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2017. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Travelling to Spain, Lee portrays a hard country a world away from the Spain of today. OK I have lived in Spain for the last fifteen years so maybe I’m biased because I love the country, but this is an excellent book which captures the essence of the country over eighty years ago just before it was ripped apart by a terrible civil war. Lee was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire and his childhood is recounted in Cider with Rosie (1959), which continues to be one of the most popular books in the UK. Beautifully written book about Laurie Lee's experiences as a nineteen-year-old walking through Spain just before, and as, the Civil War started. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Nonpareil Books). Am now seriously considering going back to Cider With Rosie (pretty sure I've never read it - think that was a different group at school) before finishing off the trilogy with A Moment Of War.

This is a fine nonfiction complement to Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. Written by a young man who knows just one Spanish phrase, he earns pesetas from p. This small book is such a delight to read, it is at the same time a glimpse into ancient Spain [albeit 1934] and a door opening onto Spanish culture today. I read this when I realised how little I knew about the Spanish Civil War after reading Victoria Hislop's "The Return". Granada is held by the rebels, and so is Almuñécar's neighbour Altofaro. Yes, the pictures are pretty, and occasionally we see a glimpse of a companion here and there, but there’s not much narrat. During his last days in Malaga his violin breaks. Cider with Rosie which detailed his life in post First World War Gloucestershire There a strong element of adventure, where he often sleeps under the stars, and it must have taken a great deal of courage to head off into the unknown with little money or knowledge of the country.

Joining up with three young German musicians, he accompanies them around Vigo and then they split up outside Zamora. Along the way he played his violin for tips.

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935. Wonderful stuff.

There he meets his half-American girlfriend, Cleo, who is the daughter of an anarchist. There is some excellent writing here. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It also provides many stark descriptions, which I think most of us have either forgot... or never been aware of...the conditions of extreme poverty that existed in pre-WW II Europe, and are still extant in the third world. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. It is the account of the author's travels on foot through 1930s Spain, supportin. Highly recommended. A re-read after several decades, with extra savour as we were in Almuñecar, the village he ended up in, when we read it. But apart from that, I can't recommend this highly enough. There’s much beautiful writing in this memoir. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Sex with several partners is described "euphemistically". It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. In the middle of July 1936 war breaks out. And yet for that, this book feels a bit like looking at beautiful vacation slides of your buddy who “found himself” backpacking in Europe. He arrives at Tarifa, making another stop over in Algeciras. This is the second part of Lee's autobiography, which starts famously with Cider with Rosie. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business.

Suddenly the rise of the republican movement is an awakening for him as well as a connection for the reader with what the day to day life was like that gave rise to it. An initially aesthetic encounter with Spain culminates in a political awakening. Please try again. Since this was during the years of economic depression, there were also many men on the road looking for work. Wonderful st. Oh, how Laurie Lee could write. Start by marking “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” as Want to Read: Error rating book.

This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. As he walks up the hill out of the village he glances back and waves, before walking away from the only place he has ever known. Also, it has to be said, leaving a comfy, country home at nineteen with just a violin to explore London and then walk across the whole of Spain I’d quite adventurous! A Moment of War (1991) is based on his experiences in Spain with the Republican International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Very mixed, but ultimately I would recommend the book if you can deal with the downsides I mentioned. February 22nd 1979 Life on the road is another key theme.

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