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001 2015044992
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005 20151117082957.0
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008 151116s2016 nyu o 000 1 eng
010 $a 2015044992
020 $a9781101947197 (ebook)
020 $z9781101947180 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-fr---
050 10 $aPR6102.A57
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084 $aFIC019000$aFIC041000$aFIC014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBaker, Jo,$eauthor.
245 12 $aA country road, a tree :$ba novel /$cJo Baker.
250 $aFirst United States edition.
263 $a1605
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2016.
300 $a1 online resource.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$2rdacarrier
520 $a"From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war. When war breaks out in Europe in 1939, a young, unknown writer journeys from his home in neutral Ireland to conflict-ridden Paris and is drawn into the maelstrom. With him we experience the hardships yet stubborn vibrancy at the heart of Europe during the Nazis' rise to power; his friendships with James Joyce and other luminaries; his quietly passionate devotion to the Frenchwoman who will become his lifelong companion; his secret work for the French Resistance and narrow escapes from the Gestapo; his flight from occupied Paris to the countryside; and the rubble of his life after liberation. And through it all we are witness to workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language that will express his experience of this shattered world. Here is a remarkable story of survival and determination, and a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into timeless art"--$cProvided by publisher.
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book."
588 $aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
600 10 $aBeckett, Samuel,$d1906-1989$vFiction.
650 0 $aAuthors, Irish$y20th century$vFiction.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zFrance$zParis$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Biographical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aBiographical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
776 08 $iPrint version:$aBaker, Jo, author.$tCountry road, a tree$bFirst United States edition.$dNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016$z9781101947180$w(DLC) 2015041778
856 40 $3Cover image$u9781101947180.jpg