Hay-on-Wye

Para muitos não diz nada, para outros é a perfeição.

A aldeia dos livros é retratada por Jeremy Clarkson de uma forma que nem Vasco Pulido Valente se lembraria... ou talvez sim, ele talvez se lembrasse.

«You might imagine that Hay is a lovely day out for all the family, a chance for children to meet the authors they love and, conversely, an opportunity for writers to meet the people who actually read their books.

Of course, it’s no such thing. Mainly it’s a chance for ramblers and hippies to gather in a field and convince themselves that everyone thinks the same way that they do. In essence, it’s a competition each year to see who can dream up the most organically idiotic way of cleaning their teeth. Cow manure or nettles. The great debate. »

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(nsl)