Ronald Blythe’s account of a fictional Suffolk village painted a vivid picture of 1960s country life. A modern study will explore how such communities are dealing with the relentless spread of city cultureIt was the essayist Ronald Blythe who first conjured up life in Akenfield in 1969 with his depiction of traditional rural life – as experienced in a fictional Suffolk village – just before it evaporated under the white heat of technology.
Then Sir Peter corridor,the titan of English theatre, turned Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village into a film in 1974. Both were international hits and the book became part of the school curriculum in Canada and the US.
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Source: guardian.co.uk