A Month in the Country (Penguin Modern Classics)

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I have been meaning to read this book for a while, largely because it has been rated highly in the blogging world, so your review is a timely reminder. Their patient unravelling of centuries old mysteries with some shocking revelations makes for further excitement and anticipation though out this multi layered work. A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J. It is about trauma, community, friendship, the countryside, time, the pleasures of work, simplicity, memory, England, architecture, art, archaeology (of various sorts) and, yes, love. Both Birkin and Moon whose name is Charles were in the Great War, both injured, Moon still carrying shrapnel in his leg, Birkin a face-twitch, the result of shell shock.

The novel received more acclaim in America than in Britain, although it did make the shortlist for the Booker Prize, where it lost out to one of William Golding’s less successful novels. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and the black-and-white illustrations within the text have all been created by Ian Stephens. Funding for the film was scarce, and it eventually fell to Euston Films (a subsidiary of Thames Television) and Channel Four Films, who had had some success with low budget features such as My Beautiful Laundrette. Yet, he is also a British gentleman, courteous and mannerly, and, when 14-year-old Kathy Ellerbeck starts hanging around to watch him work and engages him in aimless conversations, he goes along. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.Recommended to me as a book that can change a life I was sceptical - I rarely agree with such high praise - I feel strongly now that this truly is a story that stays with you and makes you consider your values and life style today. The book captures the emotional fallout so well, that sense of turmoil breaking through every now and again – as if it’s always there, bubbling away under the surface. Carr has the magic touch to re-enter the imagined past (Penelope Fitzgerald) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Naturally, the project brings Birkin into contact with other residents in the village, many of whom are intrigued by his work. A soldier who has survived the First World War but is traumatised, starts working in a church by uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting.

Carr was given the same Christian name as his father and the middle name Lloyd, after David Lloyd George, the Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer.Birkin's idyll in the country is brought into relief by what Birkin has gone through in the past and the disappointments that, it is implied, await him.