{"product_id":"understanding-samuel-beckett-alan-astro-9781611170047","title":"Understanding Samuel Beckett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Samuel Becket\u003c\/i\u003et presents an overview of the work of the Irish author whose most famous novels and plays--M\u003ci\u003eolloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, Waiting for Godot, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e--are discussed in depth, alongside some less known earlier texts and later, shorter pieces. Alan Astro pays particular attention to Beckett's relationship with other authors (Dante, Joyce, Proust), his debt to philosophers (Sartre, Descartes, Pascal), his bilingualism, the psychoanalytic texture of his writing, and his manipulation of the first-person pronoun. Readers will see how Beckett's characters who wish to narrate their own deaths incorporate silence into their speech. Astro concludes with a discussion of Stirrings Still, Beckett's last text, in which he evokes his own impending demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Astro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611170044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611170047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Alan Astro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938781430015,"sku":"9781611170047","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8ec2c567-3d65-4752-909f-d8aadf3c27bd.jpg?v=1681437680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-samuel-beckett-alan-astro-9781611170047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}