February 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
JL Carr makes 1975 seem like a hundred years ago
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August 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
JL Carr makes 1975 seem like a hundred years ago
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#jlcarr#books
Sat outside, it’s a bit cooler here today. I’ve got a book to read and no work to do. Lovely. #JLCarr #AMonthintheCountry
July 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Sat outside, it’s a bit cooler here today. I’ve got a book to read and no work to do. Lovely. #JLCarr #AMonthintheCountry
I've just read Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee.
She published her first book at the age of 60, so there is hope for all of us.
Sometimes patronised by the male literary establishment, she won the #Booker and was highly rated by #JLCarr and #LPHartley.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
She published her first book at the age of 60, so there is hope for all of us.
Sometimes patronised by the male literary establishment, she won the #Booker and was highly rated by #JLCarr and #LPHartley.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
March 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I've just read Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee.
She published her first book at the age of 60, so there is hope for all of us.
Sometimes patronised by the male literary establishment, she won the #Booker and was highly rated by #JLCarr and #LPHartley.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
She published her first book at the age of 60, so there is hope for all of us.
Sometimes patronised by the male literary establishment, she won the #Booker and was highly rated by #JLCarr and #LPHartley.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
From the archive for J. L. Carr, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, a few thoughts on his sublime novella A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.
A story imbued with a strong sense of yearning - a nostalgia for an idyllic world lost in the midst of time. #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
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A story imbued with a strong sense of yearning - a nostalgia for an idyllic world lost in the midst of time. #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
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A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (1980)
What can I say about this classic novella that hasn’t been said before? Probably not a lot, other than it to reiterate just how wonderful it is. A masterpiece in miniature – I loved it. Set in a sm…
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May 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
From the archive for J. L. Carr, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, a few thoughts on his sublime novella A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.
A story imbued with a strong sense of yearning - a nostalgia for an idyllic world lost in the midst of time. #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/a...
A story imbued with a strong sense of yearning - a nostalgia for an idyllic world lost in the midst of time. #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
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Many will recognise this gem by JL Carr. I bang on about it enough. It's an absolute classic. Let's follow Steeple Sinderby Wanderers' exploits, round by round, through the @EmiratesFACup. There's a spoiler in the title, by the way. Proper 🧵 this time #jlcarr #steeplesinderby
August 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Many will recognise this gem by JL Carr. I bang on about it enough. It's an absolute classic. Let's follow Steeple Sinderby Wanderers' exploits, round by round, through the @EmiratesFACup. There's a spoiler in the title, by the way. Proper 🧵 this time #jlcarr #steeplesinderby
From the archive for J. L. Carr, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, a few thoughts on his sublime novella A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.
A deeply affecting book about love, loss and the restorative power of art #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/a...
A deeply affecting book about love, loss and the restorative power of art #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/a...
A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (1980)
What can I say about this classic novella that hasn’t been said before? Probably not a lot, other than it to reiterate just how wonderful it is. A masterpiece in miniature – I loved it. Set in a sm…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
May 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM
From the archive for J. L. Carr, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, a few thoughts on his sublime novella A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.
A deeply affecting book about love, loss and the restorative power of art #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/a...
A deeply affecting book about love, loss and the restorative power of art #JLCarr #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/a...
just finished A Month in the Country by JLCarr
- goes straight into my Great Gatsby, Le Grand Meaulnes sub genre of wistful remembering - hiraeth, perhaps
someone had written in pencil on the last page 'beautifully written but not mood busting' 😬
- goes straight into my Great Gatsby, Le Grand Meaulnes sub genre of wistful remembering - hiraeth, perhaps
someone had written in pencil on the last page 'beautifully written but not mood busting' 😬
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
just finished A Month in the Country by JLCarr
- goes straight into my Great Gatsby, Le Grand Meaulnes sub genre of wistful remembering - hiraeth, perhaps
someone had written in pencil on the last page 'beautifully written but not mood busting' 😬
- goes straight into my Great Gatsby, Le Grand Meaulnes sub genre of wistful remembering - hiraeth, perhaps
someone had written in pencil on the last page 'beautifully written but not mood busting' 😬
Currently reading: J.L. Carr’s third novel, The Harpole Report. Harpole is an acting Head teacher in a pre-National Curriculum 1970’s Junior School. A really funny, wry look at the politics of a small school and definitely insightful to read as a teacher in a modern day small school.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
JL Carr, who you might know as the author of A Month in the Country, also published books through his company Quince Tree Press (in fact mainly, as in only, his own) including these little ‘pocket histories’. They’re very quaint and *I love them* 🥹! #books #jlcarr #blutoid
September 17, 2024 at 8:19 PM
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Finished #AMonthintheCountry
#JLCarr
We can ask and ask but we can't have again what once seemed ours for ever— the way things looked,that church alone in the fields,a bed on a belfry floor,a remembered voice,the touch of a hand,a loved face.They've gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.
#JLCarr
We can ask and ask but we can't have again what once seemed ours for ever— the way things looked,that church alone in the fields,a bed on a belfry floor,a remembered voice,the touch of a hand,a loved face.They've gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.
March 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Finished #AMonthintheCountry
#JLCarr
We can ask and ask but we can't have again what once seemed ours for ever— the way things looked,that church alone in the fields,a bed on a belfry floor,a remembered voice,the touch of a hand,a loved face.They've gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.
#JLCarr
We can ask and ask but we can't have again what once seemed ours for ever— the way things looked,that church alone in the fields,a bed on a belfry floor,a remembered voice,the touch of a hand,a loved face.They've gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.
#AMonthintheCountry
#JLCarr
…he might just as well have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us…I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock…my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already.
#JLCarr
…he might just as well have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us…I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock…my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already.
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#AMonthintheCountry
#JLCarr
…he might just as well have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us…I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock…my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already.
#JLCarr
…he might just as well have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us…I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock…my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already.
"He was so assured and self-appreciatory a talker that really there was no need to do more than demonstrate wakefulness by an occasional nod, so that I was able to look around and take stock of the room’s crowded décor" - JLCarr
November 9, 2024 at 5:28 PM
"He was so assured and self-appreciatory a talker that really there was no need to do more than demonstrate wakefulness by an occasional nod, so that I was able to look around and take stock of the room’s crowded décor" - JLCarr