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Author Baker, Jo, author.

Title A country road, a tree / Jo Baker.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION BAKER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F BAKER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Overflow Collection  F BAKER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - New Books  FIC BAKER    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION BAKER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F BAKER    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION BAKER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  BAKER, JO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-BAK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Adult Fiction  FIC BAKER, J    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition.
Description 289 pages ; 25 cm
Summary Journeying from his home in neutral Ireland to conflict-ridden Paris when war breaks out in 1939, an unknown Samuel Beckett forges a deep bond with James Joyce and other luminaries while secretly working for the French Resistance and outmaneuvering the Gestapo.
"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.
Note "This is a Borzoi book."
Subject Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Fiction.
Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
FICTION -- Literary.
FICTION -- Biographical.
FICTION -- Historical.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. (OCoLC)fst00035621
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Authors, Irish. (OCoLC)fst00822116
France -- Paris. (OCoLC)fst01205283
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Other Form: Online version: Baker, Jo, author. Country road, a tree. First United States edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 9781101947197 (DLC) 2015044992
ISBN 9781101947180 (hardcover)
1101947187 (hardcover)
9781101971161 (softcover)
1101971169 (softcover)
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