Akenfield : Portrait of an English Village (Paperback)
Blythe, Ronald (Author)
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A hundred years from now, anyone wanting to know how things were on the land will turn more profitably to Akenfield than to a sheaf of anaemically professional social surveys.The GuardianBlythe lovingly opens the curtains of legend and landscape, revealing the inner, almost clandestine, spirit of the village behind. His book consists of direct-speech monologues, delivered by 49 Suffolk residents, and interpretatively linked by the author. The effect is one of astonishing immediacy: it is as if those country people have looked up for a moment from their plow, lawnmow...
ISBN (SKU)
9780141187921
Pages
286
Weight
296g
Dimensions
196x129x22
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Published
27, July, 2005
Genres
Biography
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