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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.

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He has a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precision * Guardian *
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A Rose For Winter

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    A Paperback / softback by Laurie Lee

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 2 January 2003
      ISBN-13 9780099479710
      978-0099479710
      ISBN-10 0099479710
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      Biography Biography: adventurers and explorers Memoirs Military History Civil wars

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      He has a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precision * Guardian *
      One of the great writers of the last century whose work conjured up a world of earthly warmth and beauty * Independent *
      Out of a winter in Southern Spain, Mr Lee has spun a magnificent book, outstanding even in a field where the competition is oppressively brilliant' * New Statesman *

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