A Month in the Country

Foreword by Benjamin Myers 
 
J.L. Carr's poignant tale of missed moments, love and discovery; set at the close of the Great War and enacted amongst a Yorkshire village community whilst the mystery in the mediaeval wall-paintings of the church is slowly unveiled.
 
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1980
Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize 1980
 
"During any prolonged activity one tends to forget original intentions. But I believe that, when making a start on A Month in the Country, my idea was to write an easy-going story, a rural idyll along the lines of Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree. And, to establish the right tone of voice to tell such a story, I wanted its narrator to look back regretfully across 40 or 50 years but, recalling a time irrecoverably lost, still feel a tug at the heart." - J.L. Carr
 
The new 2025 edition of this novel is available to buy directly from Quince Tree Press, run by Carr's estate.