Jun 26, 2014

CIDER WITH ROSIE Laurie Lee

The day Rosie Brudock decided to take me in hand was a motionless day of summer, creamy, hazy, and amber-coloured, with the beech trees standing in heavy sunlight as though clogged with wild wet honey. It was the time of hay-making…

Laurie Lee was born 100 years ago today.

To mark his centenary year Vintage Classics have published a beautiful special hardback edition of his memoir of his childhood in Gloucestershire. This edition has new illustrations by Mark Hearld to complement the originals by John Ward. The stunning jacket artwork is also by Hearld whose work is inspired by the fauna and flora of the British countryside, and which perfectly evokes the lush natural world described by Lee.

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