A country road, a tree

Description:

"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"--

subjects: 20160531 NEW LIST,  World War, 1939-1945,  Biographical,  FICTION,  Literary,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  Historical,  Fiction,  Irish Authors,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Paris (france), fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Fiction, biographical,  Authors, fiction,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Historical,  FICTION / Biographical,  New York Times reviewed

People: Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Places: Paris,  France

Times: 20th century