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Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's bestselling writers; his prizewinning books include Amsterdam and In Europe.

Translated by Ann Kelland.



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Eloquent * Guardian *
Movingly relevant * Irish Times *
Mak is good on the pulse of the village, its ebb and flow as people come and go, but running throughout the book is a genuine anger that this is a meritorious way of life we are too eager to dismiss -- Lesley McDowell * Independent of Sunday *
A big subject, neatly summarized, in which he also studies the changes in people's values that take place when they move to big cities, and the role now played by incomers in village life -- Alastair Mabbott * Herald *
Nowhere has the silent rural revolution been described more beautifully and with mroe feeling * Volkskrant *

An Island in Time

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    A Paperback by Geert Mak, Ann Kelland

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 9 February 2010
      ISBN-13 9780099546863
      978-0099546863
      ISBN-10 0099546868
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      History Social and cultural history Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's bestselling writers; his prizewinning books include Amsterdam and In Europe.

      Translated by Ann Kelland.



      Trade Review
      Eloquent * Guardian *
      Movingly relevant * Irish Times *
      Mak is good on the pulse of the village, its ebb and flow as people come and go, but running throughout the book is a genuine anger that this is a meritorious way of life we are too eager to dismiss -- Lesley McDowell * Independent of Sunday *
      A big subject, neatly summarized, in which he also studies the changes in people's values that take place when they move to big cities, and the role now played by incomers in village life -- Alastair Mabbott * Herald *
      Nowhere has the silent rural revolution been described more beautifully and with mroe feeling * Volkskrant *

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