Lee, Laurie - V. S. Pritchett (review date 8 April 1956)

V. S. Pritchett (review date 8 April 1956)

SOURCE: "In Spain It's Like That," in The New York Times Book Review, April 8, 1956, p. 6.

[The former president of PEN International, Pritchett is an English journalist, educator, critic, nonfiction writer, short story writer, novelist, and scriptwriter. Also known for his work as a memoirist, biographer, autobiographer, journalist, and editor, he additionally wrote a book review column for New Statesman. In the favorable review of A Rose for Winter below, Pritchett considers Lee's book to be idiosyncratic, "delicate and strong."]

Laurie Lee is a lyrical poet and he has written [A Rose for Winter,] a poet's book about Andalusia. He is also a droll and a wit. His impression is a fantastic one but it bites more deeply than impression usually does and catches exactly the Andalusian flavor, something "acid, sugary, intoxicating, sickening" and pungent. He uses none of the...

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