I Can't Go on, I'LL Go on: a Selection from Samuel Beckett's Work by Samuel Beckett

I Can't Go on, I'LL Go on: a Selection from Samuel Beckett's Work by Samuel Beckett

Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of our time, Samuel Beckett has had a profound impact upon the literary landscape of the twentieth century. In this one-volume collection of his fiction, drama, poetry, and critical writings, we get an unsurpassed look at his work. Included, among others, are:

- The complete plays Waiting for Godot, Krapp's Last Tape, Cascando, Eh Joe, Not I, and That Time
- Selections from his novels Murphy, Watt, Mercier and Camier, Molloy, and The Unnamable
- The shorter works Dante and the Lobster, The Expelled, Imagination Dead Imagine, and Lessness
- A selection of Beckett's poetry and critical writings

With an indispensable introduction by editor and Beckett intimate Richard Seaver, and featuring a useful select bibliography, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On is indeed an invaluable introduction to a writer who has changed the face of modern literature.

Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, Ireland, and attended Trinity University in Dublin. He was one of the most important literary and dramatic giants of the twentieth century. He first went to Paris in 1928, when he met a number of avant-garde writers and artists, including James Joyce. He moved to Paris permanently in 1937. Beckett wrote in both English and French, but his most well-known pieces are in the latter. He was a prolific writer of novels, short tales, and poems, but he is most known for his theater works, which adhere to the Theater of the Absurd tradition and are distinguished by their minimalist approach, stripping drama down to its fundamental essentials.

Beckett was given the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969, praising him for transforming man's sorrow into his exaltation. Beckett died in 1989 in Paris. He said at the age of 76, With decreasing attention, loss of memory, and blurred intelligence... The more chances there are of stating something that is true to oneself, the better.

Even though everything appears inexpressible, the impulse to express persists. Even if it makes no logic, a child must build a sand castle. With only a few grains of sand, one has the greatest chance in old age. (Adapted from Playwrights at Work, edited by A.

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ISBN 13	9780802132871
ISBN 10	0802132871
Title	I Can't Go on, I'LL Go on: a Selection from Samuel Beckett's Work
Author	Samuel Beckett
Series	Beckett Samuel Ser
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Year published	1994-01-12
Number of pages	621
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