A month in the country
By: J.L. Carr ; introduction by Michael Holroyd.
Contributors: Holroyd, Michael.
Series: New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Mural painting and decoration, Medieval -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Fiction; Art restorers -- Fiction; Villages -- Fiction; North Riding of Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the 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 that 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."--BOOK JACKET.