I Can’t Stay Long

Lee, Laurie

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‘I Can’t Stay Long’ contains a collection of writings by Laurie Lee on various subjects that have moved him, including his Gloucester childhood and things that he saw on his travels.

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Publish Date: 06/08/2015
ISBN: 9780241237175 Category: Tags: ,

Description

‘They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.’

When Laurie Lee first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a delight in the outside world that remained undiminished throughout his writing life. This enchanting collection of his ‘first loves and obsessions’ brings together pieces including recollections of his Gloucestershire childhood celebrated in Cider With Rosie; reflections on life, love and death, such as a moving report from the tragic Welsh village of Aberfan; and evocative travel writings on Tuscany, Mexico and the West Indies, amongst others, before they were transformed by mass tourism. Together they capture a world that is lost forever.

‘One of Britain’s finest writers’ Daily Mail

‘There’s a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down’ New Statesman

Additional information

Weight 179 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 14 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

211

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

828.91409 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K