{"product_id":"a-month-in-the-country-9780241820223","title":"A Month in the Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: J.L. Carr\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 Jul 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J.L. Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320823292282,"sku":"9780241820223","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241820223.jpg?v=1790662968","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-month-in-the-country-9780241820223","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}