Conversations with and about Beckett
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Mel Gussow, the longtime drama critic for The New York Times, has put together a revelatory book of conversations with the famously reticent author and his chief collaborators. In this revealing and poignant collection, Gussow paints a portrait of Samuel Beckett, the novelist and playwright whose body of work is unmatched for its intensity and cohesiveness. Although Beckett never allowed an interview, he did talk informally with Gussow over a ten-year period. Conversations with and about Beckett includes those encounters, with talk of actors, directors, the general state of the theater, art, life -- and tennis. The conversations, previously unpublished, show the reputedly austere author as modest, humorous, and open-minded but always precise and revealing about his own work, which he discusses with great acuity.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802137652
ISBN13:9780802137654
Release Date:February 2001
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent insight to Sam Beckett and a must for everyone
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
i know more about radishes than i do of mans destiny...you have to read this book if you ever felt like you wanted to hear little anecdotes on Sam .It really is a lovely read and shows how private a being he was.I would love to hear his voice someday. RIP.
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