Smoke In The Lanes: Happiness and Hardship on the Road with the Gypsies in the 1950s

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Dominic Reeve

Smoke In The Lanes

Happiness and Hardship on the Road with the Gypsies in the 1950s

Dominic Reeve

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English

Abacus
25 October 2011

Autobiography: general; Social & cultural history; Social groups; Physical anthropology & ethnography

In the 1950s the Romani people lived on the brink of great change. In their bright wooden wagons they journeyed between horse-fairs and traditional stopping places - stoic, humorous and wild, often poverty-stricken but protective of their freedom - on the fringes of a society that was soon to close around them. Dominic Reeve describes his life among the Gypsies: the feuds and fairs, the joyful muddy squalor of an outdoor existence. He evokes an unforgettable cast of fireside characters - bold children, fierce matriarchs and dandyish villains in snap-brimmed hats - and tells of sharp deals done and rings run round country policemen, of love affairs, dances and open-air feasting. Smoke in the Lanes is the vivid, memorable record of a disappeared world.

By: Dominic Reeve
Imprint: Abacus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Digital original
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9780349000039
ISBN 10: 0349000034
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dominic Reeve wrote Smoke in the Lanes, his first book, in 1958. Since then he has written four more books including Beneath the Blue Sky: Four Decades of the Gypsy Traveller Life. He lives and works in a semi-nomadic style with his partner, Beshlie, an illustrator.

Reviews for Smoke In The Lanes: Happiness and Hardship on the Road with the Gypsies in the 1950s

The real deal ... a fascinating, unflinching portrait of the rich diversity of characters and traditions of the Romani life at a time when it was threatened as never before' * Choice magazine *