Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Auflage | 2000 |
Seiten | 128 |
Format | 19,8 cm |
B-format | |
Gewicht | 102 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
ISBN-10 | 014118230X |
EAN | 9780141182308 |
Bestell-Nr | 14118230EA |
'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman
'Tender and elegant' Guardian
'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, Spectator
A 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, A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.
With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald
Rezension:
The book I keep coming back to, it's one of the best books I've ever read. I've never met anyone who didn't love it. Richard Osman