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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

Ronald Blythe

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In this rich, rare book, which John Updike called "exquisite", forty-nine men and women, from a blacksmith and a bell ringer to the local vet and a gravedigger, speak to us directly, in honest and evocative monologues, of their works and days in the rural country of Suffolk. Composed in the late 1960's, Blythe's volume paints a vivid picture of a community in which the vast changes of the twentieth century are matched by deep continuities of history, tradition, and nature.

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ISBN10:: 1585790095

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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

Ronald Blythe

4.18/5 (471 ratings)

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In this rich, rare book, which John Updike called "exquisite", forty-nine men and women, from a blacksmith and a bell ringer to the local vet and a gravedigger, speak to us directly, in honest and evocative monologues, of their works and days in the rural country of Suffolk. Composed in the late 1960's, Blythe's volume paints a vivid picture of a community in which the vast changes of the twentieth century are matched by deep continuities of history, tradition, and nature.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Standard Edition

Language:

ISBN10:: 1585790095

ISBN13:: 9781585790098

kindle Asin:: B00OWWCQD6

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