A fascinating account of the life and charming inhabitants of a typical countryside village, and how it must adapt and change in order to survive in the modern world.
Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's
bestselling writers; his prizewinning books include Amsterdam and
In Europe.
Translated by Ann Kelland.
Eloquent
*Guardian*
Movingly relevant
*Irish Times*
Mak is good on the pulse of the village, its ebb and flow as people
come and go, but running throughout the book is a genuine anger
that this is a meritorious way of life we are too eager to
dismiss
*Independent of Sunday*
A big subject, neatly summarized, in which he also studies the
changes in people's values that take place when they move to big
cities, and the role now played by incomers in village life
*Herald*
Nowhere has the silent rural revolution been described more
beautifully and with mroe feeling
*Volkskrant*
This book is not just about Jorwerd, it is about all the villages
in the world, the oldest community known to man, where all our
ancestors, our collective memories, our highest values and most
beautiful stories originate
*NRC Handelsblad*
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