A Month in the Country
€14.76
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780141182308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J L Carr |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.102 |
| Publishing Date | 03/02/2000 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.92 |
| Tax | €0.84 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.76 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''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