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A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
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A Country Road, A Tree

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Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

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Paperback $16.00

Apr 18, 2017 | 304 Pages

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May 17, 2016 | 448 Pages

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May 17, 2016 | 304 Pages

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May 17, 2016 | 642 Minutes

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    About A Country Road, A Tree

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a remarkable imagining of Samuel Beckett’s wartime experiences. In 1939 Paris, the ground rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées, and a young, unknown writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put them both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance. 
     
    Through the years that follow, we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language to express a shattered world. A story of survival and determination, of spies and artists, passion and danger, A Country Road, A Tree is a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into one man’s timeless art.

    About A Country Road, A Tree

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a haunting new novel of spies and artists, passion and danger, hope in the face of despair
     
    Paris, 1939. The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées. A young, unknown writer—Samuel Beckett—recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put them both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance . . .

    Through it all we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language that will express this shattered world. Here is a remarkable story of survival and determination, and a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into one man’s timeless art.


    From the Hardcover edition.

    About A Country Road, A Tree

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a haunting new novel of spies and artists, passion and danger, hope in the face of despair
     
    Paris, 1939. The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées. A young, unknown writer—Samuel Beckett—recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put them both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance . . .

    Through it all we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language that will express this shattered world. Here is a remarkable story of survival and determination, and a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into one man’s timeless art.

    About A Country Road, A Tree

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a remarkable imagining of Samuel Beckett’s wartime experiences. In 1939 Paris, the ground rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées, and a young, unknown writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put them both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance. 
     
    Through the years that follow, we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language to express a shattered world. A story of survival and determination, of spies and artists, passion and danger, A Country Road, A Tree is a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into one man’s timeless art.

    About A Country Road, A Tree

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a haunting new novel of spies and artists, passion and danger, hope in the face of despair
     
    Paris, 1939. The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées. A young, unknown writer—Samuel Beckett—recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put them both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance . . .

    Through it all we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind struggling to create a language that will express this shattered world. Here is a remarkable story of survival and determination, and a portrait of the extremes of human experience alchemized into one man’s timeless art.


    From the Hardcover edition.

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    About Jo Baker

    JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, a national best seller and New York Times Notable Book. Her previous novels are The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster,… More about Jo Baker

    About Jo Baker

    JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, a national best seller and New York Times Notable Book. Her previous novels are The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster,… More about Jo Baker

    About Jo Baker

    JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, a national best seller and New York Times Notable Book. Her previous novels are The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster,… More about Jo Baker

    About Jo Baker

    JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, a national best seller and New York Times Notable Book. Her previous novels are The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster,… More about Jo Baker

    About Jo Baker

    JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, a national best seller and New York Times Notable Book. Her previous novels are The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster,… More about Jo Baker

    Product Details

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 18, 2017 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781101971161

    Paperback | $27.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    May 17, 2016 | 448 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780399567582

    Hardcover | $26.95
    Published by Knopf
    May 17, 2016 | 304 Pages | 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9781101947180

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    May 17, 2016 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101947197

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    May 17, 2016 | 642 Minutes | ISBN 9780399566257

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    Praise

    “Exquisitely crafted.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

    “Sensitive, well written, with great compassion for [its] characters. . . . [A Country Road, A Tree] demonstrates, in impeccable detail, that even war can become the stuff of daily life.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
     
    “Enthralling.” —Santa Fe New Mexican

    “Moving, beautifully written and riveting.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
     
    “Extraordinary. . . . It is a daring project, to enter the mind of a man known for his withdrawal and silences, but Baker succeeds triumphantly.” —The Guardian

    Awards

    James Tait Black Memorial Prize SHORTLIST 2017

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