Books with title My village 1896

There is a little village deep in the countryside of Alsace in France.... To find it, get off the train at a small station decorated with flowers, and walk down a narrow road between some orchards. In the distance, you’ll see the church spire rising above the wheat fields ... This is not a made-up village―it really exists. It was the village where Jean-Jacques Waltz, known through his books and drawings as “Hansi,” lived, and he loved the place more than any other on Earth. When he wrote My Village, Alsace was occupied by Germany following the Franco-Prussian War, and Hansi used his skills as an illustrator to poke gentle fun at the German authorities. The beautiful, colorful, and meticulous pictures in this book show Alsatian adults and children in their traditional dress, going about their traditional lives in harmony with their surroundings. They are patriotic, kind, and always smiling, despite their difficult circumstances, and they honor the values handed down through the generations. In contrast, Hansi portrays the Germans as brash and self-indulgent, imposing petty laws on the villagers and trying to impose German culture. Hansi’s satire, however, is always humorous, and the book is a joy throughout. Sharp-eyed readers will enjoy spotting the subtle references in his illustrations. The text is suitable for children from about eight years old, but adults will appreciate it, as well.

This Khmer-English bilingual story highlights things children would find in a typical village in Cambodia. This story is a beautiful journey into the traditional Khmer lifestyle. Illustrated collaboratively by a group of Seattle-based artists in paint, cut paper, woodblock print and more. Proceeds benefit rural Cambodian library through Seattle-based arts and literacy non-profit, The Antipodes Collective.

Excerpt from My VillageYet the life of the village, though small and unimportant, still comprises in its own way all the complications of life in general.Here the petty ambitions and their workings are simply feebler specimens of those which move mighty Paris and the great world. The troubles and misfortunes of general life are nearly all more or less represented. The pain and joy, success and failure, though ever so humble, are still as important here as are greater ones in greater places. Valombre is an epitome of the world and its life. And here humanity can be studied, and conclusions reached which can be applied to any other village or city. Its characteristics, though its own, are still based on the common big lines of average life, men and women at bottom being much the same the world over, once one gets to know them well. Outer appearances are different; but the base rarely changes. Given the same conditions and circumstances, knowing a few, one can count with reason able accuracy on how the others will act.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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