Island in Time Mak Geert
Island in Time Mak Geert A fascinating account from a highly acclaimed writerof the life and charming inhabitants of a typical countryside village, and how it must adapt and change in order to…
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Island in Time Mak Geert
A fascinating account from a highly acclaimed writerof the life and charming inhabitants of a typical countryside village, and how it must adapt and change in order to survive in the modern worldThe countryside is in crisis. The village as we have known it for centuries must adapt to survive, but what will be lost in the process? The shops are closing down in the villages, there is no school for miles around and, when they grow up, the few remaining children will escape to a less arduous life in the city.
330 and falling), and meets the present-day Jorwerders: a stubborn, stoic people for whom the flat, windswept landscape has been a source of livelihood for generations, but is now rarely more than a tourist attraction. In this book Geert Mak returns to the smallNetherlands village of his childhood, Jorwerd (pop. He has tea with the butcher's wife, drops in on the pub for a beer, and