$20.80
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2000
Summary
A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr’s A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald.
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 se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182308 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014118230X |
| Author: | J.L. Carr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 116g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Tender and elegant
I wanted to write A Month in the Country in space - a brief, lovely homage to the natural world, pastoral writing about how deeply humans respond to our natural environments and the relationship between beauty and survival. In the end (I guess inevitably) the two books bore very little resemblance, but I don’t think Orbital would exist without it * Samantha Harvey, author of Orbital *
The book I keep coming back to, it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love it * Richard Osman *
Tender and elegant * Guardian *
Unlike anything else in modern English Literature – D.J. Taylor * Spectator *
Carr’s blessedly small tale of lost love is also a small hymn about art and the compensating joy of the artist, both in giving and receiving. It stays with us, too, and is oddly haunting * New Yorker *
Carr has the magic touch to re-enter the imagined past – Penelope Fitzgerald
About The Author
J.L. Carr
James Lloyd Carr, born 1912, attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding and Castleford Secondary School. He died in Northamptonshire in 1994. His novel A Month in the Country won the Guardian Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a memorable film.
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