As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

Author: Lee, Laurie

Spain

Published on 15 May 2014 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Modern Classics series.

Paperback | 224 pages
131 x 197 x 21 | 172g

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lees acclaimed Cider with RosieAbandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for Will you please give me a glass of water?, he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War puts an end to his extraordinary peregrinations . . .

He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour Sunday Times

Theres a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down New StatesmanA beautiful piece of writing Observer