The Unnamable

By: Samuel Beckett

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

The Unnamable is the third novel in Beckett's trilogy, three remarkable prose works in which men of increasingly debilitating physical circumstances act, ponder, consider, and rage against impermanence and the human condition. The Unnamable is without doubt the most uncompromising text and it is read here in startling fashion by Sean Barrett.

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Critic reviews

"Beckett is one of the most positive writers alive. Behind all his mournful blasphemies against man there is real love. And he is genuine: every sentence is written as if it had been lived." (The New York Times Book Review)

hilarious

my favorite part was hearing the narrator stifle a laugh after the phrase "perhaps i had a stroke while i was meditating"

superb narrator

this is one of my favorite novels, so no need to say that it's 5/5, but I came here to add that the narrator did an amazing job. he's perfectly cut out for this book.

Amazing Trilogy

These books were so full of mad sanity it can be difficult to stay "on the bycycle." Malloy was the easiest for me; he is so hysterically original. But they become more serious as they move along; the characters voices assuming a more bitter maturity. Beckett is a world class poet and I'm out of my depth without larger insights than my own to follow but I loved the adventure and will enjoy listening to them repeatedly for years to come.

I can't, I must

The dialogue, be it inner or among three minds, it's captivating, best work, great narration

Wonderful

The narration is impeccable. Each clause considered and rendered brilliantly. Reverential, at the very least, perhaps even done with love.