Description
| Product ID: | 9780099479710 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Rose For Winter |
| Authors: | Author: Laurie Lee |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-01-02 |
