false 333314 20 <div>'Murphy', Samuel Beckett's first published novel, was written in English and published in London in 1938; Beckett himself subsequently translated the book into French, and it was published in France in 1947. The novel recounts the hilarious but tragic life of Murphy in London as he attempts to establish a home and to amass sufficient fortune for his intended bride to join him. </div> 52684 1938 Murphy total:590|5:223|4:187|3:136|2:32|1:12| 590 2347 919 48 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 4 4 false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Jan 23 15:11:03 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 15:11:03 -0800 2008 Beckett’s Murphy words (italics note...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 04:40:45 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 01:33:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 4 1 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 18:54:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:05:45 -0700 2009 once The prose changes from brief, almost half exchanges, to precise description. The action was vague but that's the point, I'm pretty ...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 1 false Fri Jun 19 06:30:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 16:09:42 -0700 2009 Three Murphy (1938) is relatively simple: Murphy, a character who likes to be bound and tied to his rocking chair naked and to rock himself into a state of catatonia, decides to leave Ireland for London to find work. He leaves behind Miss Counihan, his fiancee, who later has an affair with Nea...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 4 1 false Wed Apr 08 15:08:12 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:58:45 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:08:12 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 2 0 false Mon Jun 01 13:54:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:58:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Aug 22 11:00:28 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 11:00:28 -0700 2007 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 1 0 false Sat Apr 21 21:04:25 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 21 21:17:14 -0700 2007
"The sun shown, having no alternative, on the nothing new. Murphy sat out of it, as though he were free, in a mew in West Brompton."

The nothing new? What was that? Why did the sun have no alternativ...more...]]> 54033 0714500429 9780714500423 45 2 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170435507m/54033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54033.Murphy 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Wed Aug 15 10:38:38 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 11:00:20 -0700 2007 Waiting for Godot for the first time.

Although bet...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 4 0 false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 21:51:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 25 15:48:21 -0700 2009
This is Beckett's first novel, and admittedly was a bit of a slow read for me. The chapters alternate between Murphy and a variety of people connected to Murphy in one way o...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Dec 08 10:11:49 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 18:07:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Mon Nov 09 18:02:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:24:30 -0800 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 07:57:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 07:58:28 -0700 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 0 0 false Sat Jul 25 08:46:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 08:47:29 -0700 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 0 0 false Mon Sep 14 12:14:05 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:14:05 -0700 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:06:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:06:43 -0700 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Mon Dec 14 06:24:50 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 07:02:50 -0800 2009 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 3 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Aug 03 20:14:13 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 08 17:23:24 -0700 2009
I had to demote it because I decided it was too arrogant. But still fun. With unnecessarily large or...more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 0 0 false Fri Apr 25 14:10:18 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 14:16:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 333314 0802150373 9780802150370 525 42 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173830727m/333314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333314.Murphy 5 0 false Sun Aug 12 16:51:05 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 21:46:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6467771