A haunting novel about art and its power to heal, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.
'That night, for the first time during many months, I slept like the dead and, next morning, awoke very early.'
One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore a medieval wall painting in the local church. At the same time, Charles Moon - a fellow damaged survivor of the war - has been asked to locate the grave of a village ancestor. As these two outsiders go about their work of recovery, they form a bond, but they also stir up long dormant passions within the village. What Berkin discovers here will stay with him for the rest of his life . . .
By:
J L Carr Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 180mm,
Width: 112mm,
Spine: 7mm
Weight: 69g ISBN:9780241972038 ISBN 10: 0241972035 Series:Penguin Essentials Publication Date:22 October 2014 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
