Now published for the first time--Samuel Beckett's first novel, written in the Hotel Trianon in Paris in the summer of 1932 when the author was 26. Recognized as one of the great writers of the 20th-century, Beckett's Waiting for Godot revolutionized contemporary theater and his fiction is ranked by many with that of Joyce and Proust.
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Now published for the first time--Samuel Beckett's first novel, written in the Hotel Trianon in Paris in the summer of 1932 when the author was 26. Recognized as one of the great writers of the 20th-century, Beckett's Waiting for Godot revolutionized contemporary theater and his fiction is ranked by many with that of Joyce and Proust.
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Very Good. 1993. hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1559702176. Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, a narrow strip of rubbing on the rear panel of the jacket is the only remarkable flaw, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 241 pages.
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Fine. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Fine in near fine jacket. First North American edition (stated). A fine, tight example in bright crisp dust jacket with a tiny bump to one tip and atiny closed tear bottom edge. 241 pp. Here, more than sixty years after it was written, is Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett's first novel. It was written in Paris in 1932 when Beckett wa just 26 and a poor and struggling writer. It wa srejected at the time by several English publishers and either too scandalous, too risky or too intellectual and Beckett put it aside (though he borrowed from it from titme to time).
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 8vo 8 1/2"x 5 1/4" brown cloth-tape w/ dark-green paper boards; gilt lettering on spine; patterned, cream endpapers; 241 pgs; white dust jacket w/ bronze & black lettering; $21.95 on front flap, youthful Beckett photo on rear; great author photo by John Minihan on back cover; written in 1932. jacket design by Robert Reed.
Beckett's first book written at age 26 in one month ! A youthful experiment in "non sequitur" prose employing French, German and Latin phrases, much of it undecipherable for meaningful content ! The "saving grace" of the book however is the brilliance of the young authors musings: on music, women, religion, and more decidedly upon the meaning of the human experience. As one of his lovers quotes: "We go through lthe world ---like sunbeams through the cracks ! " The strong flavor of existentialism penetrates his prose. Mercifully it is altered with a "Beckettian" sprinkle of optimism: yielding a rewarding read !
