A Month in the Country

<b>J. L. Carr''s beautiful portrayal of the countryside and the healing it brings, in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith<br></b><br>''One of the best books I''ve ever read'' Richard Osman<br>''Unlike anything else in modern English literature'' D.J. Taylor, <i>Spectator</i><br><br>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 film starring Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson and Kenneth Branagh, <i>A Month in the Country </i>traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.