A Month in the Country
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. A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.
- Publisher
- Harvester
- ISBN-13
- 9780141905822
- Genre
- Topics
- Healing after warNostalgia and memoryRural English life
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1980)
Other awarded books from J. L. Carr
- The Battle of Pollocks Crossing (2016)0 wins · 4 score
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