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A Month in the Country



Publication Date: October 31, 2000
Pages: 160
Introduction by Michael Holroyd.
Originally published in 1980.

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.

Ever since I read this book, folks have been clamoring for a decent home video edition of the film adaptation of A Month in the Country. One still hasn't hit the U.S., but I was thrilled to see that BFI is releasing a nice edition in the UK in August. I will be getting both this and their upcoming edition of Akenfield! Three cheers for BFI!

Did you get a chance to watch the new editions of A Month in the Country or Akenfield? If so, would you recommend these adaptions to someone who enjoyed the source material?

On an unrelated note, on your recommendation (your review over at The Mookse and the Gripes) I picked up the Apu Trilogy. I only recently got a chance to watch them and wanted to let you know I thoroughly enjoyed all three of them. Thanks!

You can watch the re-released movie with Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh on youtube:

And here Firth talks about making the film: (this video dates from the last few years):

This is a request to get the link to Trevor’s spreadsheet of the NYRB publications. I’ve seen it in the past but after spending at least an hour looking through the various topics and finding nothing related nor a way to contact Trevor, I’m posting a comment here. Thank you!

Sue, if you type nyrb spreadsheet in the search box on the Discussions page the threads that have the link will display. In the box “search discussion posts�� is written very lightly.

Thank you very much!

Maybe there is a search box on a computer. There is none on devices.

Sue wrote: "Maybe there is a search box on a computer. There is none on devices."

You’re right. I’m on my iPad, but just checked my phone and no search box.

Look under General then look under Cataloguing Your Collection. On July 11 Trevor posted the spreadsheet as web page, PDF, and .xlsx

I hope this helps.

That is helpful. I’ll check. Thanks, again!!