A Month in the Country
by James Lloyd Carr
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalwarslowheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionslove conquers all
Boxlist takeA grounded novel that is moving, slow-burning and serious. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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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.
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- Author
- James Lloyd Carr
- Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 111
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- Open Library
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