{"product_id":"9780241820223","title":"A Month in the Country","description":"\u003cb\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman\u003cbr\u003e'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003ci\u003eA Month in the Country \u003c\/i\u003etraces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.","brand":"J L Carr","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50584711725311,"sku":"9780241820223","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_33f37691-06e0-4d93-ba68-30cdff702e45.jpg?v=1790885559","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780241820223","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}