Down in the Valley
A Writer's Landscape
$28.50
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2021
Summary
From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee’s world.
“Living in our valley was like broad beans in a pod, so snug and enclosed and protective.”
Laurie Lee walked out of his childhood village one summer morning to travel the world, but he was always drawn back to his beloved Slad Valley, eventually returning to make it his home.
In this never-before-published portrait of his Cotswold home, Laurie Lee gu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241411698 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241411696 |
| Author: | Laurie Lee |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 90g |
| Dimensions: | 7mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
It is a fine thing to revisit this writer’s landscape and hear his amiable voice in it again. – Michael Caines * Times Literary Supplement *
Down in the Valley is truly evocative of time and place. A beautiful illustration of how, in some way, we are all indelibly influenced by the landscape of our childhood. – Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path
Laurie Lee
- Laurie Lee
Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, Laurie Lee is the author of some of the most cherished travel books in the English language. He received his education at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At nineteen, he embarked on a journey to London and subsequently traversed Spain on foot, only to be caught in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. His escape involved crossing the Pyrenees, an experience he later detailed in A Moment of War.
Lee’s poetic contributions include four collections: The Sun My Monument (1944), The Bloom of Candles (1947), My Many-Coated Man (1955), and Pocket Poems (1960). His broader literary works encompass The Voyage of Magellan (1948), The Firstborn (1964), I Can’t Stay Long (1975), and Two Women (1983). His autobiographical trilogy, comprising the bestselling Cider with Rosie (1959) – which has achieved over six million sales globally – As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991), further solidified his reputation.
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