{"product_id":"a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-9780141182308","title":"A Month in the Country","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's \u003cem\u003eA Month in the Country\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of \u003cem\u003eOffshore\u003c\/em\u003e, in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson and Kenneth Branagh, \u003cem\u003eA Month in the Country\u003c\/em\u003e traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46226592628972,"sku":"9780141182308","price":19.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141182308.jpg?v=1740731860","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-9780141182308","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}