A country road, a tree / Jo Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Jo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Fiction.

Beckett, Samuel.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Authors, Irish--20th century--Fiction.

Authors, Irish.

World War, 1939-1945--France--Paris--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

289 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Summary:

"From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war. When war breaks out in Europe in 1939, a young, unknown writer journeys from his home in neutral Ireland to conflict-ridden Paris and is drawn into the maelstrom. With him we experience the hardships yet stubborn vibrancy at the heart of Europe during the Nazis' rise to power; his friendships with James Joyce and other luminaries; his quietly passionate devotion to the Frenchwoman who will become his lifelong companion; his secret work for the French Resistance and narrow escapes from the Gestapo; his flight from occupied Paris to the countryside; and the rubble of his life after liberation. And through it all we are witness to workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language that will express his experience of this shattered world. Here is a remarkable story of survival and determination, and a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into timeless art"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Other Format:

Online version: Baker, Jo, author. Country road, a tree

ISBN:

9781101947180

1101947187

9781101971161

1101971169

OCLC:

918969596

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