Samuel Beckett

by Andrew Gibson

Writer Samuel Beckett (1906-89) is known for depicting a world of abject misery, failure, and absurdity in his many plays, novels, short stories, and poetry. Yet the despair in his work is never absolute, instead it is intertwined with black humor and an indomitable will to endure--characteristics best embodied by his most famous characters, Vladimir and Estragon, in the play Waiting for Godot. Beckett himself was a supremely modern, minimalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861895178
• ISBN13: 9781861895172
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"