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Conversations with and About Beckett

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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.

I had recently seen a production of "Waiting for Godot." It had been many years since I'd seen one and I was reminded, again, of the brilliance of Beckett's play. During my university days, Beckett was one of many playwright's included in a syllabus of noted theatre writers. I didn't, however, know much about Beckett himself. I enjoyed Mel Gussow's "Conversations with and about Beckett " immensely which gives the reader the opportunity to learn something of Beckett the man and the writer. Through the interview question and answer format, the author gives us a glimpse behind the austere facade with which Beckett is usually perceived. The reader begins to see the man as a simple yet complex individual, one with a gentle warmth and quiet sense of humor. After reading Gussow's book I was inspired to continue learning more about Beckett's life. Gussow gives his reader's a highly engrossing study of a playwright of masterful and powerful theatre.