A country road, a tree : a novel
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | FIC LP Baker | 33874004736681 | Adult - Large Print | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780399567582
- ISBN: 0399567585
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Physical Description:
448 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Large print ed.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2016]
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| Summary, etc.: | "From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 Fiction Authors, Irish 20th century Fiction World War, 1939-1945 France Paris Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
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"--
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