In the summer of 1920 two men,both war survivors meet in the quiet English countryside. One is living in the church,intent upon uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting while the other camps in the next field in search of a lost grave. Out of their meeting,comes a deeper communion and a catching up of the old primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141182308Number of pages: 128Weight: 100 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 7 mm
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'Tender and elegant'- Guardian
'Unlike anything else in modern English Literature'- D.J. Taylor,Spectator
'Carr's blessedly small tale of lost love is also a small hymn about art and the compensating joy of the artist,both in giving and receiving. It stays with us,too,and is oddly haunting'- New Yorker
'Carr has the magic touch to re-enter the imagined past'- Penelope Fitzgerald
J.L. Carr
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Described by the Guardian as,'one the most distinctive and elegant voices in contemporary British fiction',Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the twentieth-century's most acclaimed British novelists. Her works include: The Bookshop,The Beginning of Spring,The Gate of Angels,Offshore and The Blue Flower.
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