A Country Road, A Tree: Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Memorial Prize for Historical Fiction - Couverture souple

Baker, Jo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552779520 ISBN 13 : 9780552779524

Editeur : Black Swan, 2017

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Swan
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552779520
• ISBN 13: 9780552779524
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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