A Reader's Guide to Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett, who wrote everything both in French and English, specialized in short enigmatic texts, implying vast visionary works of which the stories are broken pieces. Kenner's guide is designed to help readers see beyond the story in Beckett to the text as a whole and to appreciate the uniqueness of each of his works.

Introduction	p. 9
Chronology of the Works	p. 19
Waiting for Godot	p. 23
Early life and poems	p. 39
Early stories	p. 49
Murphy	p. 57
Watt	p. 72
Mercier et Camier	p. 83
The Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable	p. 92
Stories and Texts for Nothing	p. 116
Endgame	p. 120
Krapp's Last Tape	p. 129
How It Is	p. 136
Happy Days	p. 147
Play	p. 153
Radio, Television, Film: All That Fall, Embers, Eh Joe, Film, Words and Music, Cascando	p. 159
Come and Go	p. 174
Queer Little Pieces: Enough, Imagination Dead Imagine, Ping, The Lost Ones, Lessness	p. 176
Retrospect	p. 183
Notes on the Text	p. 197
Biographical Note	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 201
Index of Works and Characters	p. 203
General Index	p. 206
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