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Conversations With Samuel Beckett And Bram Van Velde (French Literature Series)
When Samuel Beckett and the Dutch painter Bram Van Velde met in Paris in the 1930s, both were living in abject poverty, and neither could have anticipated that on the other side of World War II and the brutal occupation of France by the Nazis they would each go on to be luminaries in their respective mediums: Beckett winning the Nobel Prize and becoming a bulwark of contem...more
Paperback, 184 pages
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by Dalkey Archive Press
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This book was a gift to me by one of my teachers at Leiden University.
The book evolved out of several conversations over a period of a few years between the author of the book and S. Beckett and Dutch painter B.v.Velde, who had been good friends, despite not seeing each other face-to-face more than once or something like that.
What makes this book so good for me, besides the awesomeness of Beckett's reflections and the disarming sensitivity of Van Velde, is the insightful adequacy an...more
The book evolved out of several conversations over a period of a few years between the author of the book and S. Beckett and Dutch painter B.v.Velde, who had been good friends, despite not seeing each other face-to-face more than once or something like that.
What makes this book so good for me, besides the awesomeness of Beckett's reflections and the disarming sensitivity of Van Velde, is the insightful adequacy an...more
A marvelous recounting of conversations the author had with Beckett and van Velde. Gems of insight here, about being alone and an artist, and how the here and there connections with fellow travelers have their place and make a difference.
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