Rose for Winter (Books for Today S.) - Hardcover

Lee, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701004525 ISBN 13: 9780701004521

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1970

Synopsis

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, the cult of the bullfight, the exultation in death, the humour of hopelessness-the paradoxes deep in the fiery bones of Spain. Rich with kaleidoscopic images, A Rose for Winter is as sensual and evocative as the sun-scorched landscape of Andalusia itself.

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Review:

"He has a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precision" (Guardian)

"One of the great writers of the last century whose work conjured up a world of earthly warmth and beauty" (Independent)

"Out of a winter in Southern Spain, Mr Lee has spun a magnificent book, outstanding even in a field where the competition is oppressively brilliant'" (New Statesman)

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0701004525
• ISBN 13: 9780701004521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160