Posted by alexandra_k on August 20, 2005, at 18:42:04
In reply to Re: pact » alexandra_k, posted by Declan on August 20, 2005, at 18:08:47
> Hey Alexandra, you know stuff about Beckett
Not a whole heap. Studied Happy Days in a first year english lit paper. Read "Waiting for Godot" off my own bat. I think most people like that one more. It is true that it is an easier read (happy days is mostly stage directions) but I prefered happy days.
Waiting for Godot is about waiting...
For... well... different theorists differ... but probably god.
But mostly its just about waiting...
for something that never turns up.>What about Krapp's Last Tape? Good?
I'm not sure... I think it is ringing a bell (lol!). I tried to get my hands on everything and did a trawl of the second hand bookshops. The one I really wanted that I couldn't find was "Endgame". That one sounds really terrific. I wasn't all that impressed with the other stuff of his that I read. Don't remember whether that one was among them... I think it was... Moved from Beckett to Camus "The Stranger" and Camus plays and Sartre's plays. "The End of the Road" is (IMO) worth a look too. And the other stuff by John Barth.
All I know about Beckett...
Is he was one unhappy man
Who was plagued with all sorts of nasty physical complaints...
Boils and pain and co.
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