Thursday, April 28, 2022

Not lonely, not a bird

Derek Warren, twenty-nine, ploughman:

Ronald Blythe, Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village (1969).

Also from Akenfield
Davie’s hand : Rubbish : “Just ‘music’” : “Caught in the old ways” : “The blue rode well in the corn” : “I began in a world without time”

comments: 2

Frex said...

I'm liking the snips from this book--thanks.
Might just look for it myself...
XO Frex = Fresca

Michael Leddy said...

It’s worth reading. Very few women, and some speakers are much more interesting than others. The one thing it’s taught me is that all small places are somewhat alike, with considerable insularity and lack of curiosity. The people who say “That’s different!” (which means something negative) can be found everywhere.