{"product_id":"a-month-in-the-country-paperback","title":"A Month in the Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. L. Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Holroyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short, spellbinding novel about a WWI veteran finding a way to re-enter--and fully embrace--normal life while spending the summer in an idyllic English village. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summer, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself has been restored to a new, and hopeful, attachment to life. But summer ends, and with the work done, Birkin must leave. Now, long after, as he reflects on the passage of time and the power of art, he finds in his memories some consolation for all that has been lost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Lloyd Carr was born in 1912 and attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in Yorkshire. A head teacher, publisher, and novelist, his books include \u003ci\u003eA Day in Summer\u003c\/i\u003e (1964); \u003ci\u003eA Season in Sinji\u003c\/i\u003e (1967); \u003ci\u003eThe Harpole Report\u003c\/i\u003e (1972); \u003ci\u003eHow Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup\u003c\/i\u003e (1975); \u003ci\u003eA Month in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), which won the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Pollock's Crossing (1985)\u003c\/i\u003e, also shortlisted for the the Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eWhat Hetty Did\u003c\/i\u003e(1988); and \u003ci\u003eHarpole \u0026amp; Foxberrow General Publishers\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). He died in Northhamptonshire in 1994. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Holroyd is the author of acclaimed biographies of Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw, and Augustus John. He has also written a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBasil Street Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London with his wife, the writer Margaret Drabble.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.03 x 5.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987688522029,"sku":"9780940322479","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/N2hPM0kxRkM0UmMwaXpFVEoxcEk4QT09.webp?v=1776183495","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-month-in-the-country-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}