A Month In The Country: Penguin Essentials
Author(s): J.L. Carr
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 WarIf you enjoyed A Month in the Country, you might like Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.07
- : 31 August 2014
- : 181mm X 111mm X 6mm
- : 01 October 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : J.L. Carr
- : Paperback
- : 1411
- : English
- : 823.912
- : 112
- : FC