Natalie's review
Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (Everyman's Library) by Samuel Beckett
Natalie's review
rating:
bookshelves: 1001, existentialism, favorites, irish, postmodern
recommended for: certain people, in particular moods
status: Read in February, 2001
rating:
bookshelves: 1001, existentialism, favorites, irish, postmodern
recommended for: certain people, in particular moods
status: Read in February, 2001
Beckett definitely gets 5 stars from me, but he's not for everyone. Nor is he for every mood - this book sat on my shelf for years before I found myself in the right place to give it a read. But once I began Molloy and realized I was feeling it, it shot to the top of my "most brilliant and personally influential reads" list. I actually cried when I was reading it because I thought it was so great, and I think about it pretty much every day. Yes, i am a huge dork. I don't think I'm as cynical or dry as SB and his antiheroes, but for some reason i really embrace them. Malone Dies and the Unnameable do get a bit more difficult, but the way I see it, it's just a relief to have some extra material to decompress with after the brilliance of Molloy.
