The essential Laurie Lee, a collection of occasional writings full of his unique vision and irresistible charmAll of the wit and wisdom and poetry that made Laurie Lee one of the most celebrated English writers of the twentieth century can be found in thiscompilationof ';first loves and obsessions.' In Part One, Lee revisits his idyllic boyhood in the Cotswolds village made famous by his bestselling autobiography,Cider with Rosie. In Part Two, he turns his attention to an earnest consideration of abstract concepts such as the power of charm, the pleasures of appetite, and the meaning ofparadise. And in the final and longest section, the author of the acclaimed Spanish traveloguesAs I Walked Out One Midsummer MorningandA Rose for Wintertells the stories of his many other journeysfrom sun-dappled Tuscany to melancholy Warsaw to the enchanting and exotic Sugar Islands of the Caribbean.
| ISBN: | 9781497641389 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2014 |
| Author: | Lee, Laurie |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |