"A Small Village in the Austrian Alps" is a book about some small village in the Alps—its possibilities and its realities. This exploration also opens up a view of universality: there are many villages in the Alps; I describe one, but it could just as well be any of the others, as they all share certain characteristics. I write about the landscape, the way of life, local customs, and practiced animal welfare. I have also sought to convey the significance of small villages for the overall economy and way of life.
This book is also available in German: https://www.grin.com/document/1579437 (Ein kleines Dorf in den österreichischen Alpen)
A Small Village in the Austrian Alps
My view and fantasies
of my homeland
Possibilities and Realities
Biographical non-fiction book
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Imprint:
Copyright © PureBiography 2025
An imprint of GRIN Publishing GmbH, Munich, Germany
Printing and binding: Books on Demand GmbH,
Norderstedt,
Germany
Text: © 2025 Copyright by Brigitte Prem
Cover: Brigitte Prem
This book is also available in German:
https://www.grin.com/document/1579437 (Ein
kleines Dorf in den österreichischen Alpen)
Supplier address: info@bod.de
Preface
This non-fiction book offers an insight into how we might shape the future...
For me, now in retirement, A small village in the Austrian Alps was part of my efforts to put the puzzle pieces of my life together to form a whole.
This non-fiction book offers an insight into how we could shape the future.
I chose the genre term ‘biographical non-fiction’ because, although I want to write objectively about my homeland, this text is written from my point of view; it is formulated as I see and experience life in the Austrian Alps, but also how I imagine a development towards the preservation of this culture and increased environmental protection.
How did I come to this topic? - After reading my novel "The Search for the Three Treasures", I was asked privately to write about villages in the Alps of Austria, since there is nothing close to it on the market, only individual essays, articles and contributions.
However, I am afraid to write a non-fiction book about the village I had in mind because it reflects a personal judgment and others may not agree with it. That is why I'm writing a book about any small village in the Alps, its possibilities and realities. This observation also reveals universality: There are many villages in the Alps; I describe one, but it could also be one of the many others, because they all have certain characteristics in common.
So there is no point in looking for this village. It could be any or none.
The fotos and drawings are not compatible, either.
Author
Brigitte Prem, born in Salzburg in 1948, master's degree in German, English and Romance studies. Minor studies in sociology. School of writing - Hamburg.
Versatile professional activities: saleswoman, server, secretary, enthusiastic teacher for 40 years, volunteer youth group; tutor. Retired since 2012.
Feels like a Carinthian, lives in the Province of Salzburg. Wife. Granny.
She has published a few books for small children, a fairy tale novel (“The Search for the Three Treasures” - English and German), a volume of short stories, a treatise on Salige (“The Wee Folk” - English), an essay about life scripts in fairy tales, and a few stories published in "Smartstorys" and in the Literaturpodium. Two historical novels about the mountain farmer and the salkwoman (a fairy), “Gustav der Wehrbauer”.
The pictures are from the author of the book, Brigitte Prem, drawn or photographed. Even if I cite exact sources, I have experienced most of what is told myself. It is not a specific village, but a village as it could be with today's possibilities.
Table of Contents
The fox, the dormouse and the Längsee-Goblin
History and present of the village
Small business economic structure
Limitation to seasonal and local products
Limiting to seasonal and local products
Fictitious interview with an organic farm with suckler cow farming
Suckler cow farming - definition
Pauline the Bee and the Bee Year
- Quote paper
- Mag. Brigitte Prem (Author), 2025, A Small Village in the Austrian Alps, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1593164
