MacMillan Master Guides "Cider with Rosie" by Laurie Lee

by Brian Tarbitt

Excellent Book

Paperback

Published September 29, 1988

Reviews

[Carolyn Stevens Shank · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can see why Laurie Lee's CIDER WITH ROSIE has become a British Classic since it was first published in 1959. Have you ever read a book with prose so beautiful that you wanted to savor every line? If so, then you know how I felt while reading this memoir of a young boy's childhood. Beginning just prior to the end of World War I in the tiny village of Slad in Gloustershire, this is the story of a large family lovingly brought up by their single mother, who in addition to her own four, has inherited four children through her estranged husband.He leaves; she remains hopeful to the end, but he never returns. It is the twilight of the rural age, just prior to the time when cars, trains, and telephones will forever end the ancient isolation that is the bond of village life. With lush, evocative prose, Lee conveys a child's passage from innocence to experience with such joy and relish that it literally "sings" with delight. Be forewarned: it is contagious!

[Joe Walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an extraordinary book that deserves to be reread. Just as we never tire of looking at a beautiful picture, Laurie Lee paints his story with a master's touch and mastery of words, it can be read many times. It tells of a young boy growing up in a remote English village in the time following World
War I. He tells it in a way that transports the reader to another time, another place, another world. We see how people can be very poor in worldly possessions but not live in poverty. Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee died in May, 1997. I don't understand the reason B. Tarbitt is listed as author.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book from a different era about a boy growing up. Completely foreign to people today it could appear almost cliche. The beauty is, of course, that it is not. Not as riveting, or thought-provoking as many books today. But has the same village charm and oddness of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, OH, and Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge. But again, about a boy.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro entrañable y divertido en el que su autor nos cuenta parte de su infancia en un pueblecito inglés. Una historia que habla de la familia, de la vida en las aldeas, de la niñez. Una novela entretenida, con tildes cariñosos hacia un pasado idealizado en el que todo parece sencillo y natural. Me ha gustado.

[Elly Wendy]

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