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As I walked out one midsummer morning, Laurie Lee ; with an introduction by Robert MacFarlane

eng

autobiography

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non fiction

As I walked out one midsummer morning

Laurie Lee ; with an introduction by Robert MacFarlane

Abandoning 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. This book paints a lyrical picture of a beautiful and violent country that was to involve him inextricably