BOOK

A country road, a tree

Baker, Jo, author

2016

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Subject: Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 Fiction. / Authors, Irish 20th century Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 France Paris Fiction. / FICTION - Literary. / FICTION - Biographical. / FICTION - Historical.
• ISBN: 9781101947180, 1101947187, 9781101971161, 1101971169

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR6102.A57 C68 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE