A month in the country

James Lloyd Carr First published 1980

About this book

According to blogger/reviewer Moira Redmond, "This is famously a book where nothing happens."

Birkin, a young war veteran arrives at a small country church to restore a recently-discovered 14th century wall painting. He suffers from shell-shock from his time in the trenches of WWI, and this had caused him to reject some societal norms and be regarded with suspicion by the conventional.

The experience for Birkin is one of regret and of healing, as he makes friends in the village and completes his task. He departs, with sorrow but also a measure of confidence that he can now go on with his life.

Subjects

art restorers
blind, books and reading
conservation and restoration
country life
england, fiction
fiction
fiction, general
fiction, historical
fiction, historical, general
fiction, psychological
fiction, romance, general
large type books
medieval mural painting and decoration
mural painting and decoration, medieval
veterans
villages
world war, 1914-1918
world war, 1914-1918, fiction