{"product_id":"9780141182308","title":"Month In The Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman\u003cbr\u003e'Tender and elegant' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carr, J L","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58029788037494,"sku":"9780141182308","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9780141182308.jpg?v=1780655362","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9780141182308","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}