Laurie Lee was an English memoirist, poet, novelist and screenwriter best known for his three autobiographical novels. Lee was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire and his novel that recounts his childhood, Cider with Rosie (1959), continues to be one of the most popular books in the UK. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935. A Moment of War (1991), is based on his experiences in Spain with the Republican International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
Praise for Cider with Rosie
"A remarkable book written with such dazzling verbal imagery and
such relish in all the
sensations of being alive that it is magically contagious." --New
York Times
"Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its
sensations as when
it first appeared. It sings in the memory." --The Sunday London
Times
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