Book 98 - Laurie Lee "A Rose For Winter"
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jazzy_daveLaurie Lee "A Rose For Winter" (Vintage)
In this book, Lee revisits Spain fifteen years later after the civil war there – this time taking his wife with him – and they travel a circular route in the south of the country, from Algeciras through Seville, Ecija, Granada and Castillo before returning to Algeciras. Everywhere they travel they are overwhelmed by the hospitality they are shown and they quickly become part of any family whose hotel/guest house they choose to stay in.
This is a beautifully written evocation of post-civil war Spain and is a book where you want to read every word. Laurie Lee has a knack for immersing himself in the lives of the people he meets, and the places he visits are interpreted through the personalities and experiences of these people.
In Almunecar, in southern Spain, there’s a monument to Laurie Lee. The town honours a man who raised his own monument in print to Spain and the Spanish.
In this book, Lee revisits Spain fifteen years later after the civil war there – this time taking his wife with him – and they travel a circular route in the south of the country, from Algeciras through Seville, Ecija, Granada and Castillo before returning to Algeciras. Everywhere they travel they are overwhelmed by the hospitality they are shown and they quickly become part of any family whose hotel/guest house they choose to stay in.
This is a beautifully written evocation of post-civil war Spain and is a book where you want to read every word. Laurie Lee has a knack for immersing himself in the lives of the people he meets, and the places he visits are interpreted through the personalities and experiences of these people.
In Almunecar, in southern Spain, there’s a monument to Laurie Lee. The town honours a man who raised his own monument in print to Spain and the Spanish.
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Date: 2018-12-21 12:53 pm (UTC)