Akenfield

A vivid evocation of rural life first published in 1969, in which the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War, the concerns of the younger farm workers, and the personal recollections of a host of villagers paint a moving portrait of an English village in Suffolk.

Thirty-five years on from Blythe's 'Akenfield' (9197) - which is a moving portrait of English country life – farmers, orchardmen and Eastern European migrant workers offer a panoramic portrait of rural English society at a time of change, focusing on the village in Suffolk on which 'Akenfield' was based.