{"title":"Samuel Beckett","description":"Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), one of the leading literary and dramatic figures of the twentieth century, was born in Foxrock, Ireland and attended Trinity University in Dublin. In 1928, he visited Paris for the first time and fell in with a number of avant-garde writers and artists, including James Joyce. In 1937, he settled in Paris permanently. Beckett wrote in both English and French, though his best-known works are mostly in the latter language. A prolific writer of novels, short stories, and poetry, he is remembered principally for his works for the theater, which belong to the tradition of the Theater of the Absurd and are characterized by their minimalist approach, stripping drama to its barest elements. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and commended for having \"transformed the destitution of man into his exaltation.\" Beckett died in Paris in 1989.","products":[{"product_id":"waiting-for-godot-paperback","title":"Waiting for Godot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e, two wandering tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree, to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place and memory are blurred and meaning is where you find it. The tramps hope that Godot will change their lives for the better. Instead, two eccentric travelers arrive, one man on the end of the other's rope. The results are both funny and dangerous in this existential masterpiece. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323854455007,"sku":"9780573040085","price":30.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/GZVgV2B9Xo9780573040085.webp?v=1788422367"},{"product_id":"happy-days-paperback","title":"Happy Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Beckett pursues his relentless search for the meaning of existence, probing the tenuous relationships that bind one person to another, and each to the universe, top time past and time present. Once again, stripping theater to its barest essentials, \u003ci\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/i\u003e offers only two characters: Winnie, a woman of about fifty, and Willie, a man of about sixty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first act Winnie is buried up to her waist in a mound of earth, but still has the use of her arms and few earthly possessions--toothbrush, tube of toothpaste, small mirror, revolver, handkerchief, spectacles; in the second act she is embedded up to her neck and can move only her eyes. Willie lives and moves--on all fours--behind the mound, appearing intermittently and replying only occasionally into Winnie's long monologue, but the knowledge of his presence is a source of comfort and inspiration to her, and doubtless the prerequisite for all her \"happy days.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324159361247,"sku":"9780802144409","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1yv3SdnJeN9780802144409.webp?v=1788426186"},{"product_id":"waiting-for-godot-a-tragicomedy-in-two-acts-paperback","title":"Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow coming to Broadway, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter and directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Jamie Lloyd, Samuel Beckett's indelible masterpiece, an unwavering testament to what it means to be human\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e has become of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, \"Time catches up with genius\u003ci\u003e . . . Waiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the masterpieces of the century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett's language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324159557855,"sku":"9780802144423","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sqHEz6LEmF9780802144423.webp?v=1788426187"},{"product_id":"waiting-for-godot-en-attendant-godot-paperback","title":"Waiting for Godot\/En Attendant Godot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Théâtre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs Clive Barnes wrote, \"Time catches up with genius. . . . \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the masterpieces of the century.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett wrote the play in French and then translated it into English himself. In doing so he chose to revise and eliminate various passages. With side-by-side text, the reader can experience the mastery of Beckett's language and explore its nuances. Upon being asked who Godot is, Samuel Beckett told director Alan Schneider, \"If I knew, I would have said so in the play.\" Although we may never know who we are waiting for, in this special edition we can rediscover one of the most poignant and humorous allegories of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324159754463,"sku":"9780802144638","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VKgvsbq-Qr9780802144638.webp?v=1788426189"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/samuel-beckett.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}