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Excruciating. I'm thinking about starting a shelf called Books-That-Piss-Me-off. Oh, Beckett can write. The first section (Molloy), has a weirdness that suggests great literature, and for all of Beckett's reputation for being an austere writer, he can be quite lyrical. Let's see: glimpses of Dante, especially with the position of the sun, Sophocles (I think), World War I (I think), and, being Irish-Modern, shit. Excepting the last, the others kept me going, intrigued to see where Beckett was lea
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A lenghty dramatic monologue divided in half by two distinct characters. I didn't like this novel, but I didn't hate it either. In fact, I feel so neutral and apathetic about it. Perhaps because that's how the characters feel about virtually everything in life. I understood much more of this exploration of consciousness than I ever did reading _Ulysses_ which alone made it more enjoyable.
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Jul 25, 2009
Keith Bado
marked it as to-read
Apr 09, 2018
Jillian
marked it as to-read
