A country road, a tree, a novel, Jo Baker
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A country road, a tree, a novel, Jo Baker
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A country road, a tree
Oclc number
918969596
Responsibility statement
Jo Baker
Sub title
a novel
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
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- Authors, Irish
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- World War (1939-1945)
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Fiction
- FICTION + Biographical
- France + Paris
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Fiction
- FICTION + Literary
- 1900 - 1999
- FICTION + Historical
- Biographical fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
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- Subject14
- Authors, Irish
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- World War (1939-1945)
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Fiction
- FICTION + Biographical
- France + Paris
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Fiction
- FICTION + Literary
- 1900 - 1999
- FICTION + Historical
- Biographical fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
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