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Beckett himself spoke of his prose fiction as the "important writing," the form in which his ideas are most powerfully expressed. This is the first complete gathering of all his short prose. It includes the 1929 "Assumption", the aptly named "Stirring Still", written when he was 82, as well as newly translated and previously unpublished work. The editor, S. E. Gontarski, has arranged the works in a chronology that suggests, as he put it, "Beckett's own view of his art, that it is all part of a continuous process, a series."
| Size | | Length: | 294 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A laudable book, and essential for the serious student of Beckett."
Breslin
"This illuminating new collection of prose...[does] a remarkable succinct job of charting Beckett's philosophical evolution."
Miller
'Beckett's prose, most especially his stories, historically have taken a back seat to his theatrical works and poetry. The works in this collection, eloquent distillations of the writer's ideas, clearly demonstrate how unfortunate this oversight has been."
Miller
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