Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year: Penguin Modern Classics
Autor Laurie Leeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 noi 2016
'I finished it with an ache in my heart and a tear in my eye'Spectator
From the author ofCider With Rosie,Village Christmasis a moving, lyrical portrait of England through the changing years and seasons.
Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was nineteen, but it remained with him throughout his life until, many years later, he returned for good. This collection brings to life the sights, sounds, landscapes and traditions of his home - from centuries-old May Day rituals to his own patch of garden, from carol singing in crunching snow to pub conversations and songs. Here too he writes about the mysteries of love, living in wartime Chelsea, Winston Churchill's wintry funeral and his battle, in old age, to save his beloved Slad Valley from developers.
Told with a warm sense of humour and a powerful sense of history,Village Christmasbrings us a picture of a vanished world.
'Brings to life the landscapes and traditions of Lee's home in Gloucestershire, from centuries-old May Day rituals and carol-singing on Christmas Eve, to his battle in old age to save his beloved Slad valley from developers'Guardian
'Simply written, observant and shot through with Lee's characteristic humility ... Against his whitewashed prose are touches of beauty'The Times Literary Supplement
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241243671
ISBN-10: 024124367X
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 133 x 199 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024124367X
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 133 x 199 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Laurie
Leehas
written
some
of
the
best-loved
travel
books
in
the
English
language.
Born
in
Stroud,
Gloucestershire,
in
1914,
he
was
educated
at
Slad
village
school
and
Stroud
Central
School.
At
the
age
of
nineteen
he
walked
to
London
and
then
travelled
on
foot
through
Spain,
where
he
was
trapped
by
the
outbreak
of
the
Civil
War.
He
later
returned
by
crossing
the
Pyrenees,
as
he
recounted
inA
Moment
of
War.
Laurie Lee published four collections of poems:The Sun My Monument(1944),The Bloom of Candles(1947),My Many-Coated Man(1955) andPocket Poems(1960). His other works includeThe Voyage of Magellan(1948),The Firstborn(1964),I Can't Stay Long(1975), andTwo Women(1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography:Cider with Rosie(1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide,As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning(1969) andA Moment of War(1991).
Laurie Lee published four collections of poems:The Sun My Monument(1944),The Bloom of Candles(1947),My Many-Coated Man(1955) andPocket Poems(1960). His other works includeThe Voyage of Magellan(1948),The Firstborn(1964),I Can't Stay Long(1975), andTwo Women(1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography:Cider with Rosie(1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide,As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning(1969) andA Moment of War(1991).
Recenzii
Brings
to
life
the
landscapes
and
traditions
of
Lee's
home
in
Gloucestershire,
from
centuries-old
May
Day
rituals
and
carol-singing
on
Christmas
Eve,
to
his
battle
in
old
age
to
save
his
beloved
Slad
valley
from
developers
Reminded me what a superlative nature writer Lee was ... I finished it with an ache in my heart and a tear in my eye
Simply written, observant and shot through with Lee's characteristic humility ... Against his whitewashed prose are touches of beauty
Reminded me what a superlative nature writer Lee was ... I finished it with an ache in my heart and a tear in my eye
Simply written, observant and shot through with Lee's characteristic humility ... Against his whitewashed prose are touches of beauty