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title: "Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village"
brand: "ronald blythematt weiland"
price: "278 Lei"
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# Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

**Brand:** ronald blythematt weiland
**Price:** 278 Lei
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- **What is this?** Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by ronald blythematt weiland
- **How much does it cost?** 278 Lei with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A good learning experience
  

*by J***J on Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2023*

The author takes you deep into village life in England in the 1960s. He’s insightful, respectful, diligent, even humorous. I learned so much from his descriptions of the people he encountered and well as the work they did.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Home Truths
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013*

Ronald Blythe, the describer and recorder of these village voices, from 1967-1969 in Akenfield likens it to "making a strange journey to a familiar land" since he himself is a native of Suffolk in East Anglia.  It is a captivating book which, if it has a message, might well be "Anthropology begins at home."  Here is testament that one needn't travel to Sumatra or New Guinea or some such place to discover foreign attitudes, outlandish practices or fascinating rites.  Simply take a stroll down the street on which you live and get people to talk, to express themselves, which is not an easy thing, wherever one goes.I think for this review, I'll simply follow Blythe's example and let the people do the talking:Poet:"Although you may not be capable of loving your neighbour as yourself, you can at least know him as well as you know yourself."Resettled Scotsman:"The big skies leave the East Anglians empty.  The skies are nothing.  The horizons are too wide.  There is nothing for a man to measure himself by here."Schoolmaster:"Perhaps I'm too contented.  Perhaps I lack a demon.  Life just charms me - how daft can you get?  I worry about this."These are but random snippets.  But, suffice it to say, once you are carried along through this book, you'll emerge from it suffused with a deep, instinctual feeling of knowing a place and its people as they existed 46-48 years ago, as of this review.  It's a grand achievement, this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    valuable oral history
  

*by M***A on Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2019*

Interesting, authentic (oral history), I especially appreciated the way some of the craftsmen and agriculturists describe what they do and how they do it, it's admirable and enviable at the same time. They practice karma yoga without thinking of it, they reach contentment through what they do. Pride on what they can do and humbleness are well balanced in them. They have strong feeling of belonging and of having control over their lives. The rhythm of their work is wonderful.

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