In the lazy golden summers

[constantinusphilo]

Tales of glaciers and avalanches, of hidden valleys where the rivers teemed with snow trout and the ground was carpeted with flowers, and where fruit blossom scented the air in spring and apples and
walnuts ripened in the lazy golden summers.

M.M. Kaye, The Far Pavilions

Why is there an article before lazy golden summers?

 

[emsr2d2]

Presumably, the writer is talking about a specific set of lazy golden summers.

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