Watt

Author(s): Samuel Beckett

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In prose possessed of the radically stripped-down beauty and ferocious wit that characterize his work, this early novel by Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett recounts the grotesque and improbable adventures of a fantastically logical Irish servant and his master. Watt is a beautifully executed black comedy that, at its core, is rooted in the powerful and terrifying vision that made Beckett one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.

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For the first time in Faber editions, a newly edited and corrected text of this classic novel

Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. His made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War Two. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot brought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theatre of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. Beckett continued to write prolifically for radio, TV and the theatre until his death in 1989.

General Fields

  • : 9780571244744
  • : Faber & Faber, Incorporated
  • : Faber & Faber Plays
  • : 0.245
  • : June 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Samuel Beckett
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 823/.9/14
  • : 272
  • : General & literary fiction; Classic fiction