A Month in the Country
£12.99
by Carr, J L | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 30/07/2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Little Clothbound Classics series
Hardback | 160 pages
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Description
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.
Additional information
| Weight | 500 g |
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| Dimensions | 167 × 114 mm |
