PMC Month In The Country

Carr, J L

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In the summer of 1920, a young man escapes London to embark on the unveiling of a medieval church wall painting in a small north country village. As he becomes absorbed by his work so too does he get drawn into the lives of those around him.

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Publish Date: 03/02/2000

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‘One of the best books I’ve ever read’ Richard Osman
‘Tender and elegant’ Guardian
‘Unlike anything else in modern English literature’ D.J. Taylor, Spectator

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 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.

With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald

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Weight 100 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 7 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

84

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.912 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K