| Description |
1 online resource. |
| 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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"This is a Borzoi book." |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Fiction.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1900-1999 |
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Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
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Authors, Irish. |
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France -- Paris. |
| Genre |
Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Electronic books. |
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Jo, author. Country road, a tree First United States edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 9781101947180 (DLC) 2015041778 |
| ISBN |
9781101947197 : $48.00 |
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1101947195 : $48.00 |
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