Author: Geert Mak Year: 1996 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780099546863 9789025408770 0099546868 902540877X |
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In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. 330 and falling). It's a typical European village where the shops are closing down, the few children left will escape to a less arduous life in the city and it's becoming increasingly isolated. Jowert has more in common with an English village than with Amsterdam, and it's moving story of neighbours and their efforts to preserve their long established way of life is relevant to the changing face of the countryside everywhere in Europe.
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