Akenfield

In this rich, rare book, forty-nine men and womenÑfrom a blacksmith and a bellringer to the local vet and a gravediggerÑspeak to us directly, in honest and evocative monologues, of their works and days in the rural country of Suffolk. Composed in the late 1960's Blythe's volume paints a vivd picture of a community in which the vast changes of the twentieth century are matched by deep continuities of history, tradition, and nature.