{"product_id":"a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-out-3-november-2023","title":"A Month in the Country by J L Carr (out 3 November 2023)","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eJ. L. Carr's beautiful portrayal of the countryside and the healing it brings, in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson and Kenneth Branagh, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eA Month in the Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44591105409112,"sku":"9780241820223","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9780241820223_1.jpg?v=1786603880","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-out-3-november-2023","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}