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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

By: Laurie Lee
Narrated by: Laurie Lee
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Brought to you by Penguin.

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie.

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....

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Critic reviews

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

"There's a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down." (New Statesman)

"A beautiful piece of writing." (Observer)
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Read by the man himself, with the retrospective grace of age, it's as inspirational now as it was when I read it 20 years ago

superb

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laurie Lee reads this as an old man the book he wrote when he was twenty , Its poetic and beautiful, sometimes very sad sometimes very funny

wonderfully descriptive

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Have read several times - very emotional to hear it read by Laurie Lee ❤️ really enjoyed the book 📚

Love the authors voice

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Masterpiece. Evocative. Exciting. Insightful. Mesmerising. Humble. Gorgeous. Hot. Traumatic. Timeless. Flowing. Recommended. Read. Favourite..

All time favourite

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This has been my favourite book since I first read it at 15 years of age. To now be able to listen to it being read by the wonderful Laurie Lee is a real joy! Now on to A moment of war.

An absolute wonder!

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Leaving his home in a Cotswolds village, Laurie Lee walked to London, earning a living as a labourer and busking in the streets with his violin. Yearning to travel, he set out for Spain, travelling from the northern to the southern coast…

I never got around to reading Laurie Lee’s books when everyone else of my generation was reading them. Typically, I started with the second of his autobiographical trilogy, the first being the acclaimed Cider with Rosie. I’d also thought this one concerned the Spanish Civil War, but it turns out that period is covered in the last of the trilogy, A Moment of War. Anyway, what impressed me most about this book is the sheer beauty of his writing. While nothing terribly exciting happens during his travels, his descriptions of the countryside, the people, and the atmosphere are nothing less than stunning. The audiobook is narrated by the author.

Beautifully written, crammed with imagery and atmosphere.

Beautifully written

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Superb, a brilliant book I have read many times in my 70 years of existence.

A beauty.

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Immaculately sustained poetry beautifully and captivatingly read by the author himself. A treasure to share.

An odyssey told by a born-again Homer

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I was lucky enough to meet Laurie Lee back in 1985. His writing can bring you to tears for it's pure mastery.

Laurie Lee's voice and the unimaginably beautiful prose.

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A very evocative read. Every page a new discovery. Interesting to gain intimate insight of life for a youth of the 1930s, travelling through Spain. I was reminded of my own sense of delight, awe and wonder as a 20 Yr old exchange student of art, in Spain for the first time.

Brilliantly Descriptive

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