Racconti e prose brevi

Adorno (who intended to dedicate Aesthetic Theory to Beckett) has Minima Moralia unfold beneath a banner that is also Beckett's: "When things are bad, it's good to know the worst." Beckett is the worst. That I distill some poisonous joy in reading him confirms that things are probably worse than I t Leggi tutto

You’re not supposed to read this front to back. Doing so robs the vital situating of time and its context. The growth from the first page on is fucking astonishing, but it is the accumulative result of a lifetime. Doing this as part of my larger Sam Project, I read things interstitially between nove Leggi tutto

Οποιος πιστέψει πως οι Πρόζες του Θεικού Θείου διαβάζονται μια κι εξω θα απογοητευτεί. Θέλει χρόνο, υπομονή, συχνά κουράγιο, και μετά ξανά πάλι απο την αρχή. Στο τέλος όμως δικαιώνεσαι. Η συνιστώμενη δόση απο τις Πρόζες ας είναι μια σελίδα την ημέρα και πάντα πρίν τον ύπνο, οχι για να καταφέρεις να κ Leggi tutto

I have so many Beckett editions below are thoughts on only the stories in this collection not availible in the other standard Grove editions. I read these as part of my project of re-reading the complete works of Samuel Beckett in chronological order. Just about finished with Dream of Fair to Middli Leggi tutto

I didn't read all of these stories, only a handful for my mum to help her choose one for her class. I have seen a few productions of Beckett's plays before (very excellent productions actually, particularly when Fiona Shaw is involved), but I have never read his prose before. From the first page I st Leggi tutto

I finished about two-thirds of this book, and roughly 80% of what I read was sheer gibberish. It almost goes without saying that Beckett was a great artist, but I have scant appreciation for "l'art pour l'art." Sure, there are some great phrases in here, material well worth appropriating for use in