A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURN'Skillful . . . daring . . . extraordinary' The Guardian'Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good' Daily Mail'Insightful . . . beautifully paced . .
"Skilful. . daring . . . an extraordinary story" * The Guardian *
"[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre" * The Times *
"A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years" * IAN RANKIN *
"Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good" * Daily Mail *
"vivid and well-wrought" * Times Literary Supplement *
"Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic" * The Irish Times *
"In this worthy successor to Longbourn, she [Baker] skillfully captures Beckett’s world, the rhythms of his bare-bones prose, and the edginess of his point of view." * Publishers Weekly *
"Taking its title from Beckett's most famous play, Waiting for Godot, Baker's historical drama deftly explores the psyche of one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century." * Booklist *
"Perfectly captures the deprivation, despair and constant creeping fear of an occupied people." * Red Magazine Must-Read of the Month *
"This exquisitely crafted novel re-creates the World War II peregrinations of Samuel Beckett and the volatile Frenchwoman who became his life's companion" * Oprah Magazine *
"[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre" * The Times *
"A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years" * IAN RANKIN *
"Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good" * Daily Mail *
"vivid and well-wrought" * Times Literary Supplement *
"Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic" * The Irish Times *
"In this worthy successor to Longbourn, she [Baker] skillfully captures Beckett’s world, the rhythms of his bare-bones prose, and the edginess of his point of view." * Publishers Weekly *
"Taking its title from Beckett's most famous play, Waiting for Godot, Baker's historical drama deftly explores the psyche of one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century." * Booklist *
"Perfectly captures the deprivation, despair and constant creeping fear of an occupied people." * Red Magazine Must-Read of the Month *
"This exquisitely crafted novel re-creates the World War II peregrinations of Samuel Beckett and the volatile Frenchwoman who became his life's companion" * Oprah Magazine *
JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her new novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857522085 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857522086 |
| Title | A Country Road, A Tree |
| Author | Jo Baker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017 |
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