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A Month in the Country
Book • 1991
The novel follows Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a man recovering from a broken marriage, as he arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church.
Living in the bell tower and surrounded by the countryside of high summer, Birkin labors each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse.
Through this work, he finds a new and hopeful attachment to life.
However, as summer ends and the work is completed, Birkin must leave, reflecting on the passage of time and the power of art to find consolation for all that has been lost.
Living in the bell tower and surrounded by the countryside of high summer, Birkin labors each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse.
Through this work, he finds a new and hopeful attachment to life.
However, as summer ends and the work is completed, Birkin must leave, reflecting on the passage of time and the power of art to find consolation for all that has been lost.
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Recommended by Christine Coulson as a book she read in a single sitting, appreciating its connection between time, art, and people.
Christine Coulson, "One Woman Show" (Avid Reader Press, 2023)
