From the bestselling author of Longbourn comes a story of survival
and determination, of spies and artists, passion and danger--a portrait
of Samuel Beckett's wartime experiences in Paris.
"Exquisitely crafted." --O, The Oprah Magazine
In 1939 Paris, the ground rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers
marching along the Champs-Élysées, and a young, unknown 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 them
both in mortal danger by joining the Resistance. Through the years that
follow, we are witness to the workings of a uniquely brilliant mind
struggling to create a language to express a shattered world. A Country
Road, A Tree is a portrait of the extremes of human experience
alchemized into one man's timeless art.
