A Month in the Country
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A Month in the Country is a short, elegiac 1980 novel by J. L. Carr about a World War I veteran restoring a medieval mural in a rural English church while quietly healing from his wartime trauma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Month in the Country canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | A Month in the Country (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | J. L. Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Guardian Fiction Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralActivity | restoration of a medieval church mural ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ novella ⓘ pastoral fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alice Keach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Keach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780710804710 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
book
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| length | short novel ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | modern classic of English literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tom Birkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | retrospective narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | about 100 pages ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | World War I veteran ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | art restorer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvester Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
friendship
ⓘ
post-war England NERFINISHED ⓘ shell shock ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| theme |
art
ⓘ
healing ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ religion ⓘ rural life ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | later life of the protagonist ⓘ |
| tone | elegiac ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
J. L. Carr