A Month in the Country
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:New York Review Books
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ePUB
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Ja
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Ja
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
29.08.2012
Verlag
New York Review BooksSeitenzahl
160 (Printausgabe)
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240 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781590176832
A 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.
In 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.
In 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.
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From Frustration to Heartbreak
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At first, A Month in the Country was a struggle to get into. The written dialect and the quiet, rural setting made it difficult to find my footing, and I wasn’t sure whether the story would ever open up to me. But as I continued, something shifted. The second half drew me in completely — the atmosphere deepened, the characters came alive, and I found myself unexpectedly moved by the subtle beauty of it all.
By the end, what began as a slow read had turned into something quite melancholy. The final pages lingered with me long after I closed the book — tender, nostalgic, and heartbreakingly human.
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