Poetically autobiographical – Review of ‘As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning’ by Laurie Lee
A very personal, sensitively written account of a naive young Englishman’s encounters with ordinary people as he spends a year walking the length of Spain. We gain a vivid insight into the harsh realities of life in Spain in the 30s, as the author faces poor but kind natives, coupled with blatant immorality, seething unrest…