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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
400
Utgivningsdatum
2017-02-09
Utmärkelser
Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
Förlag
Black Swan
Dimensioner
197 x 126 x 25 mm
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276 g
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,
ISBN
9780552779524

A Country Road, A Tree

Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Memorial Prize for Historical Fiction

av Jo Baker
Häftad,  Engelska, 2017-02-09
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BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURN SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2017 'Skilful . . . daring . . . extraordinary' The Guardian 'A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years' IAN RANKIN 'Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good' Daily Mail 'Marvellous, spare, moving' FRANCIS SPUFFORD 'Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic The Irish Times Paris, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young 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 is own life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance... Spies, artists, deprivation, danger and passion: this is a story of life at the edges of human experience, and of how one man came to translate it all into art. Sunday Express Book of the Month Praise for Jo Baker's LONGBOURN: 'Intoxicating' Guardian 'Engrossing' Sunday Times 'Audacious' New York Times
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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 *

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JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her latest 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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