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Laurie Lee: As I walked out one midsummer morning (1969, Deutsch)

It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the …

Delightful

Haunting evocation of Spain as it was at the start of the Civil War. The author, age 19, sets out from his English village, takes a boat to Vigo and walks to Almunecar, making his living (mostly) by busking with his violin. Poetic descriptions of the landscapes, the heat, the people he meets; the trenchant poverty, religion, the beginnings of the Civil War. Highly recommended.