Name: An Island in Time

Full name: An Island in Time: The Biography of a Village

Author: Geert Mak
Year: 1996
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History, Non Fiction

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9780099546863
9789025408770
0099546868
902540877X
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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