THE LOVERS PART 1
They came to Spain from a frigid clime; came in the late Andalucian primavera, when the high sierras, shorn of snow, turned their bones to the warming sun; when the fecund earth lay basking, teaming in the sun, gestating a million plants. They came when a myriad flowers were in full bloom, swooning the air with their heady scent, the colours of their blossoms so intense that they hurt the eyes; came when the pea-sized grapes hung thick and clustered on gnomish stumps; came when the arroyos and... Sign in to see full entry.