A Month in the Country - J.L. Carr

Category: Adults, Art, Classic, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: British Literature NYRB Classics

Written by J.L. Carr
Read by Alex Jennings
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Brought to you by Penguin.

‘One of the best books I’ve ever read’ Richard Osman

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, A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.

Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
Release date: 2024-08-01