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YouTube – Samuel Beckett, Paris, 1987.

by on Apr.16, 2009, under art

YouTube – Samuel Beckett, Paris, 1987..

9780521867931_l_fThe more I read Beckett, the more impressed I am by the work. I first read him when I was about 17: I think I was more impressed by the weird modernism (as it seemed to me then) than by his more enduring qualities – his compassion, for instance, or his amazing capacity to strip language down to essentials. But now, here’s a thing: the more I find out about him, the more impressed I am. The man and the work aren’t the same, no, but both are quite wonderful. Contrast that with most writers you know about.

And now there’s the hefty  Letters of Samuel Beckett 1929-1940 CUP. Which is everything it ought to be – full of the at that point not-yet-great-man’s early adulthood (he was born in 1906). And we’re promised three more volumes! We must wait – with better luck than Estragon and Vladimir, I hope.

Below: Next three photographs of Beckett by JOHN MINIHAN

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photo: John Minihan

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