A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920, remembering a vanished place of blissful calm, untouched by change, a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years. Adapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson and Kenneth Branagh, ‘A Month in the Country’ traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.
A Month in the Country
FictionAuthor J. L. Carr Published by Penguin Classics ISBN 9780241820223 EAN 9780241820223 Bic Code FBC|FXM|FV Cover Hardback
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