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Title: A Month in the Country (Braille) by J. L. Carr ISBN: 1-56956-285-7 Publisher: William a Thomas Braille Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $18.90 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A literary gem: J.L. Carr's "A Month in the Country"
Comment: "A month in the Country" is a literary gem. A unique book which gathers in its 135 pages a wonderful, well told story full of poetry. A twitchy, unhappy and shellshocked veteran of WW I, Tom Birkin, arrives in Oxgodby, a village in Yorkshire, hired by the Vicar, to restore a mural painting in the local church. In the time it takes him to delicately uncover and shed light on what was the work of a medieval artist, Burkin heals himself, assisted by the discovery of love, friendship and a cast of wonderful but fundamentally flawed characters. He comes to terms with his past and is prepared for what appears to be a bittersweet future. Carr writes with a light touch while not superficial; subtle but clearly not tentative. Included are interesting observations of art, lyric descriptions of a glorious English summer and some hilarious moments in his relations with some of the villagers. He brings us along a story that unfolds like flowers slowly opening to the sun, offering many precious moments which linger in you mind and tug at your heart. Like many, finishing a book always makes me sad but in this particular case, I had not only read some extraordinary literature, I was also being cut me off from a group of people that had become my friends and I wanted to know more about them.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lovely story about the healing process of a war survivor
Comment: A month in the country, the movie which starred Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh was shown in 1987, but as usual, the book is better than the movie.
Lovely and beautiful in its simplicity, the tale of two great war survivors healing their battle-scarred minds in the village of Oxgodby is one of my favourite novel.
Watching the tape recently, I was strucked by the difference between the Birkin in the movie and that of the book. The Birkin in the movie is one-dimensional and the people around him, save Alice Keach is unpleasant. To exorcise this image of the Birkin of the movie, I re-read the book again and was immensely pleased at the Birkin of the novel, alive and likeable but certainly not flawless. The Alice Keach of the world would definitely falls head over heel for him.
The beauty of the novel is further enhanced by the portrayal of the healing process in Birkin's nightmarish experiences as a war veteran. He and Moon are not your typical citizens from a nation of victims, where crisis counsellors would intervene and encourage those ceaseless and endless whinings whenever fate deal them a bad hand, instead they resolved the inner demons through themselves, in their own unique way.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Nothing's so secret as what's between man and wife."
Comment: In "A Month in the Country", Tom Birkin arrives in the remote country village of Oxgodby to restore a medieval mural that has been discovered in a local church. Birkin is still recovering from WWI and suffers from nightmares about the trenches. He bears a permanent, hideous facial disfigurement, but his wounds are far deeper than this. Coming to Oxgodby is really a chance for Birkin to recoup some peace of mind. He also has domestic troubles in his past, and so the solitary workday spent restoring the mural becomes a healing process for Birkin. His intention is to work on the mural, maintain a solitary existence, and eek out the pittance he is paid for several months. And in one glorious summer, Birkin comes to terms with the horrors of his past.
The curiosity of the villagers soon pulls Birkin into the quaintness of village family life. Male companionship, in the form of the archeologist, Moon--a fellow WWI survivor offers a rare chance for Birkin to enjoy an equal intellect, but the company of the vicar's wife, Alice Keach proves to be at once the greatest distraction and the sweetest consolation. Mrs Keach is the second surprising treasure Birkin uncovers in Oxgodby.
The book is full of marvelous characters. I particularly enjoyed the precocious, wise-beyond-her-years, Kathy Ellerbeck. Even the sour Vicar, Keach, who appears dull at first, becomes interesting after Birkin visits the vicar and his wife at their bleak, vast dwelling (it doesn't qualify as a home). I enjoyed this book immensely--it's one of the very best books I've read this year and one I shall most definitely reread. "A Month in the Country" is a bittersweet tale of compromise, regret, acceptance, and the consolations that are necessary for survival. Above all, Birkin understands that "the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around the corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies."--displacedhuman.
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Title: The Go-Between (New York Review Books Classics) by L. P. Hartley, Colm Toibin ISBN: 0940322994 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Month in the Country ASIN: 630165160X Publisher: Lorimar/Warner Bros. Pub. Date: 23 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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Title: The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (New York Review Books Classics) by Glenway Wescott, Michael Cunningham ISBN: 0940322560 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Way of Life, Like Any Other (New York Review Books Classics) by Darcy O'Brien, Seamus Heaney ISBN: 094032279X Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle ISBN: 0140233903 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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