First Love and Other Novellas

By:

Samuel Beckett

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Penguin Modern Classics

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Written in 1946, in what he later called 'a frenzy of writing', these four novellas - First Love, The Calmative, The End and The Expelled - are among the first substantial works resulting from Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition. Richly humorous, they offer a fascinating insight into preoccupations which remained constant throughout the work of a writer who transformed the art of the novel and contemporary theatre. The aim of this new edition is to provide, as far as possible, the most accurate texts of the novellas. 'He is the most courageous remorseless writer going. He brings forth a body of beauty...' Harold Pinter

Author Biography:

During his career as a playwright and novelist, Samuel Beckett redefined the artistic possibilities of writing in both forms. He won the Prix Formentor in 1961 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.

Release date Australia

February 24th, 2000

Author

Samuel Beckett

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Edited by Gerry Dukes
Introduction by Gerry Dukes
Notes by Gerry Dukes

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Penguin Classics

Pages

112

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Dimensions

129x198x6

ISBN-13

9780141180151

Product ID

1721233

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