{"product_id":"a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-1","title":"A Month in the Country by J L Carr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdapted into a 1987 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, clothbound\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 30 Jul 2026, Penguin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241820223\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 208 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56831411028350,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780241820223.jpg?v=1768838344","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/a-month-in-the-country-by-j-l-carr-1","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}