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Endgame Paperback – October 1, 1976
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories, and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time.
"Endgame", originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett's characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.
- Print length60 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFaber & Faber Ltd
- Publication dateOctober 1, 1976
- Dimensions4.96 x 0.2 x 7.72 inches
- ISBN-100571070671
- ISBN-13978-0571070671
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- Publisher : Faber & Faber Ltd; 2nd Revised edition (October 1, 1976)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 60 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0571070671
- ISBN-13 : 978-0571070671
- Item Weight : 2.88 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.96 x 0.2 x 7.72 inches
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About the author
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. His made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War Two. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot brought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theatre of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Beckett continued to write prolifically for radio, TV and the theatre until his death in 1989.
Photo by Roger Pic [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Customers find the play's pacing engaging and thought-provoking. They describe it as an absurd, modern theatrical masterpiece with a humorous and quirky style. The play is considered one of Beckett's most famous plays.
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Customers find the pacing of the book engaging. They describe it as a rich, absurd masterwork of existential theater that is challenging, funny, and quirky.
"A richly absurd masterwork of existential theater. Although this is only existentialist from a certain perspective...." Read more
"This is a modern theatrical masterpiece, difficult and funny and quirky. The audition is approved, and I am happy to have it on Kindle" Read more
"One of Beckett's most famous plays. Thought provoking. But don't read unless you like plays that don't work the way popular ones do." Read more
Customers find the book thought-provoking and insightful. However, they appreciate continuity, context, complexity, nuance, and completion.
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"Beckett's characters scream for continuity, context, complexity, nuance, completion — they scream for history, story, ritual, liturgy...." Read more
"One of Beckett's most famous plays. Thought provoking. But don't read unless you like plays that don't work the way popular ones do." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2012A richly absurd masterwork of existential theater. Although this is only existentialist from a certain perspective. As Adorno has argued, Beckett was preoccupied with a confrontation with existentialist ontology-this work is the negation of existentialist thought via `subtraction,' which is to say that Beckett subtracts from the raw materials of ontology and presents their non-sense as sense. After an implicit event of annihilation, the characters of his tragedy play out the impossibility of any reconciliation with meaning. Beckett lives in the world of non-sense, and for many, this play is incomprehensible. And it should not be interpreted. It is simply the presentation of man's reconciliation with absolute alienation.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022Great plays.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013It is a very desperate and despairing world that we live in, according to these plays, Endgame and Act Without Worlds. In Endgame, we try to avoid reminders of the past and of the world beyond ourselves, shutting out other people as we try to find our own amusements and routines to while away the hours. Yet we are still tied together and dependent upon one another, which we only realize after we lose one another. In Act Without Words, we are tricked and toyed with, and though we struggle to continue and get what we want, sometimes it is not enough.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020I didn’t realize this was a new book! For the price I assumed it was used I’m very happy
- Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2014Saw the play at the local university, and kept thinking about it. (Which, I suppose, it what one is supposed to do after an existential experience.) I only made it a couple of semesters as a philosophy major, so trying to think this one through was kind of a tail-chasing exercise. So, kindle to the rescue--I bought a copy of the play. Did it help? Well...Kind of. In the end, it is a lot more enjoyable to read the play and try to insert various existential realities into it than to just look it up on the internet and run with the reviews there. Hey, maybe that's what it means!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016Fast Shipping. I'm not a huge fan of Beckett or his experimental style, but I appreciate him, and this play is also required for my Master's comprehensive exam.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015This is a modern theatrical masterpiece, difficult and funny and quirky. The audition is approved, and I am happy to have it on Kindle
- Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2014Wonderfully insightful
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- AnnmarieReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived on time and in good condition. Very pleased.
Purchased for my daughter’s university course. Arrived on time and in good condition
- AnatoliyReviewed in Canada on October 3, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery)
Need it for the college class))
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VReviewed in France on February 6, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfaite
Livre arrivé rapidement et en très bon état, pile à temps pour mon cours de littérature britannique
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DanieleReviewed in Italy on October 1, 2018
2.0 out of 5 stars Too expensive for just 80 pages
Personalmente non mi è piaciuta l'opera. Oltre a questo il libro si presenta bene di buona qualità, ma 11 euro e passa per 80 pagine è davvero troppo.
I didn't really like the opera. However the book is well made, but more than 11 euro for just 80 pages is pretty expensive.
- Beverley LindleyReviewed in Australia on July 22, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
It is an absolutely fabulous play - it touches on every human emotion.