Samuel Beckett

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....

Written initially in French, later translated by the author into English, Molloy is the first book in Dublin-born Samuel Beckett's trilogy....

Murphy's work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in London, realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor....

Watt tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master....

The Unnamable is the third novel in Beckett's trilogy, three remarkable prose works....

How It Is, a landmark in 20th century literature, is one of the most challenging of Samuel Beckett's early novels. He published it first in French in 1961 and then in his own translation in 1964....

These four works show Samuel Beckett at his most penetrating....

Youthfully exuberant and visibly influenced by Joyce, Dream of Fair to Middling Women is a work of extraordinary virtuosity....