{"product_id":"rockabye-and-other-short-pieces-samuel-beckett-9780802151384","title":"Rockabye and Other Short Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRockaby and Other Short Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e brings together four recent works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e. We find in Beckett's masterful, exquisite prose, the familiar themes from his earlier works here expressed in the anguished murmurings of the solitary human consciousness. Published for the first time, \u003cem\u003eRockaby\u003c\/em\u003e is a dramatic monologue of a woman sitting in a rocking chair. Directed by Alan Schneider, \u003cem\u003eRockaby\u003c\/em\u003e was performed at the State University of New York at Buffalo's Beckett Festival in 1981. Also published for the first time, \u003cem\u003eOhio Impromptu\u003c\/em\u003e explores the poignant inter-dependency of its two characters, Reader and Listener, who, in reading and listening to the story of their relationship, buoy each other up, temporarily, against \"terror of the night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOhio Impromptu \u003c\/em\u003epremiered at the Ohio State University at Columbus's 1981 Beckett Festival. \u003cem\u003eAll Strange Away\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting prose work centering around a figure confined in a small rotunda, buried in his\/her \"profounds of mind.\" Written especially for the actor David Warrilow, \u003cem\u003eA Piece of Monologue\u003c\/em\u003e features a white-haired man in a nightgown who, in the terrible solitude of the night, agonizes over remembrances of loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Beckett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802151388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802151384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.33w x 0.36d","brand":"Samuel Beckett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947188486399,"sku":"9780802151384","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dfff71c1-841c-4d48-9d62-fa09a03e2f8f.jpg?v=1681517246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rockabye-and-other-short-pieces-samuel-beckett-9780802151384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}