A haunting novel about art and its power to heal, J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country is presented here as a Penguin Essential edition. This classic explores themes of recovery and memory just after the Great War.

• Haunting novel focusing on art and its power to heal.
• Set in the summer following the Great War.
• Part of the Penguin Essentials collection.
• Features the work of author J. L. Carr.

The narrative follows Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier tasked with uncovering and restoring a medieval wall painting in the church of Oxgodby. Simultaneously, Charles Moon, another survivor of the war, works to locate a village ancestor's grave. As these two outsiders engage in their work of recovery, they forge a bond while inadvertently stirring long-dormant passions within the village community. Birkin's discoveries during this time profoundly affect him for the rest of his life.

• Author: Carr, J L
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Language: English
• Publication Date: August 14, 2014
• Print Length: 112 pages
• ISBN-10: 0241972035
• ISBN-13: 978-0241972038
• Dimensions: 111 x 7 x 181mm
• Weight: 68g

Discover this significant piece of English literary fiction, highly ranked among classics and historical fiction readers.