( A Month in the Country ) is a celebrated 1980 novella by British author J.L. Carr. Set in the summer of 1920, the story follows Tom Birkin, a physically and psychologically scarred veteran of World War I, who travels to the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby to restore a medieval mural in the local church. Plot Overview
: While working, Birkin meets Charles Moon, another veteran living in a tent in the cemetery, who has been commissioned to find a lost medieval grave. Un Mes En El Campo J L Carr epub
: Tom Birkin, penniless and recovering from a broken marriage, is hired to uncover a 14th-century wall painting that was whitewashed over for centuries. ( A Month in the Country ) is
: Birkin gradually reintegrates into normal life through the warmth of the local community, particularly the Ellerbeck family and Alice Keach, the beautiful but unhappy wife of the local vicar. Plot Overview : While working, Birkin meets Charles