by Gerry Dukes (Editor), Gerry Dukes (Editor), Samuel Beckett (Author)
This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition. Rich in verbal and situational humour, they offer a fascinating insight into many of the issues which preoccupied Beckett all his working life. As the first novella reveals, nobody writes with quite such cruel and unnervingly clever wit as Beckett...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 24 Feb 2000
ISBN 10: 0141180153
ISBN 13: 9780141180151
Book Overview: Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969