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Books
Edition
First American edition.
by
Baker, Jo,
Call Number
BAKER JO
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
289 pages ; 25 cm
Summary
"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"--
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Audio disc
Edition
Unabridged.
by
Baker, Jo,
Call Number
BAKER JO
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
9 audio discs (10 1/2 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
When war breaks out in Europe in 1939 Samuel Beckett, a young, unknown writer, journeys from his home in neutral Ireland to conflict-ridden Paris and is drawn into the maelstrom. He experiences the hardships yet stubborn vibrancy at the heart of Europe during the Nazis' rise to power; friendships with James Joyce and other luminaries; a quietly passionate devotion to the Frenchwoman who will become his lifelong companion; secret work for the French Resistance and narrow escapes from the Gestapo; from occupied Paris to the countryside; and the rubble of life after liberation. And through it all a uniquely brilliant mind struggles to create a language that will express his experience of this shattered world.
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