An English teacher bites off more than he can chew when he ventures to the American Midwest to broaden his horizons In J.L. Carr’s quirky comic novel.
In J.L. Carr’s tale of survival and healing, a damaged veteran rediscovers the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.
In the summer of 1920 two men meet in the quiet English countryside. One is a war survivor, living in a church, intent upon uncovering and restoring a historical wall-painting. The other, too, is a war survivor, camping in the next field in search of a lost grave. Out of their physical meeting comes a deeper communion - with the landscape, with history - and a renewed belief in the future.
J.L. Carr
About the Author
J.L. Carr was born in Thirsk, England. He started writing full-time relatively late in life, at the age of 55Other nominated books by J.L. Carr
