A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 00200015B80577

English Summary/英文概要： 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从这位最畅销的作家，这是一本令人震惊的新小说，讲述了一位不知名的作家——塞缪尔•贝克特——他的生活和非凡的文学天赋在战争的锻造中永久地形成了。

1939年，当战争在欧洲爆发的时候，一个年轻的、默默无闻的作家从他在中立的爱尔兰的家中，到饱受战争折磨的巴黎，被卷入了漩涡。在他的帮助下，我们在纳粹崛起的过程中，经历了欧洲心脏的艰难和顽强的活力;他与詹姆斯乔伊斯和其他杰出人物的友谊;他对这位法国女人的默默奉献，将成为他终生的伴侣;他为法国抵抗运动而做的秘密工作，从盖世太保中逃脱;他从巴黎飞往乡下的航班;解放后他的生活的废墟。通过这一切，我们见证了一个独特的天才的工作，他努力创造一种语言来表达他对这个破碎的世界的体验。这里有一个关于生存和决心的非凡故事，以及一幅关于人类经历的极端的肖像，它被变成了永恒的艺术。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况："Skilful . . . daring . . . an extraordinary story" (The Guardian)

"Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic" (The Irish Times)

"[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)

"Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good" (Daily Mail)

"vivid and well-wrought" (Times Literary Supplement)

"In this worthy successor to Longbourn, she [Baker] skillfully captures Beckett’s world, the rhythms of his bare-bones prose, and the edginess of his point of view." (Publishers Weekly)

"Taking its title from Beckett’s most famous play, Waiting for Godot, Baker’s historical drama deftly explores the psyche of one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century." (Booklist)

"Perfectly captures the deprivation, despair and constant creeping fear of an occupied people." (Red Magazine Must-Read of the Month)

"This exquisitely crafted novel re-creates the World War II peregrinations of Samuel Beckett and the volatile Frenchwoman who became his life’s companion" (Oprah Magazine)

"‘Baker . . . creates a compellingly real experience out of Beckett’s work in the French underground . . . Her writing is assured and often intense . . . enthralling.’" (The Santa Fe New Mexican)

For the shortlist of the 2016 American Library in Paris Book Award.

Jo Baker’s A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE appears on the James Tait Black and the Walter Scott shortlists

James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, Walter Scott Prize

About the Author/作者介绍： 乔`贝克出生在兰开夏郡，在牛津大学和贝尔法斯特女王大学接受教育。她是《郎博恩》、《暗潮》、《真相大白》、《美人鱼的孩子》以及《从来者》的作者。她住在英国的兰卡斯特。

JO BAKER was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of Longbourn, The Undertow, The Telling, The Mermaid’s Child, and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster, England.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK Doubleday (Jane Lawson) Canada Knopf (Louise Dennys) Italy Einaudi US Knopf (Diana Miller) Germany Knaus

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