Ein Monat auf dem Land

Summer 1920 in Oxgodby in northern England: When a Londoner gets off the train at the station, the whole village knows at once: He is the restorer who is to uncover the medieval mural in the local church. But what is behind the façade of the stuttering man suffering from chronic facial twitches? Tom Birkin fought in World War I, and as a traumatized veteran he was left by his wife. He hopes to recover in the peace and simplicity of Yorkshire. And indeed: the closer he gets to the masterpiece behind the church ceiling, the closer he gets to himself. And his fellow man. Slowly he succeeds in opening up to the world around him, perhaps even to love. The month in the country is a month of healing. What Birkin experiences here, he will carry with him all his life... J. L. Carr tells of a man who has been talking about...