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A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of Offshore, in Penguin Modern Classics. 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141182308
eBay Product ID (ePID)87925531
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Month in the Country
AuthorJ.L. Carr
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks, Interior Design
Publication Year2000
GenreHistorical
Number of Pages128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJ.L. Carr
Series TitlePenguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom