Scan barcode
A review by melledotca
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
3.0
Her language is still gorgeous, and she weaves scenes that make you go, "Ahh, that's totally where Waiting for Godot could have come from!" (The book's name is the first words in the play, establishing setting. And the brevity and simplicity of those words belies the gravitas and importance of the scene in the book.)
That said, it didn't grab me the way Longbourne did. I mostly blame it on never really being a big fan of Beckett, or Joyce (also in the book), or absurdism, etc. Worth the read, though, for the aforementioned crafting of language, and for the devastating humanity she imbues into the war and its survivors and victims.
That said, it didn't grab me the way Longbourne did. I mostly blame it on never really being a big fan of Beckett, or Joyce (also in the book), or absurdism, etc. Worth the read, though, for the aforementioned crafting of language, and for the devastating humanity she imbues into the war and its survivors and victims.