{"product_id":"j-l-carr-a-month-in-the-country-2000-paperback","title":"J.L. Carr: A Month in the Country [2000] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman\u003cbr\u003e'Tender and elegant' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eA Month in the Country \u003c\/i\u003etraces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carr, J.L. \u0026 Fitzgerald, Penelope","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52193682162003,"sku":"9780141182308","price":10.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47709171941715,"sku":"XV80141182308","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/carr-j-l-fitzgerald-penelope-j-l-carr-a-month-in-the-country-2000-paperback-xv80141182308-59086737047891.jpg?v=1761229072","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/j-l-carr-a-month-in-the-country-2000-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}