Eleutheria [Paperback]

Samuel Beckett (Author), Michael Brodsky (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 1998

A young man at odds with his middle-class family, refusing to take part in "normal" life while accepting hand-outs from his mother, is the subject of this play. Unperformed during Beckett's lifetime, it draws on the traditions of French boulevard comedy and melodrama.

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Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Written almost two years before Waiting for Godot, Eleutheria was not produced or published in Beckett's lifetime. Instead, it lay in a trunk for 40 years until Beckett gave the manuscript to his lifelong friend and publisher, Barney Rosset, who was long associated with Grove Press. It's a shame the play remained hidden so long, because although it lacks the power and economy of Godot and later plays, it still bristles with Beckett's sharp wit and insight about hopelessness, spiritual exhaustion, and moral paralysis--themes that show up again and again in his later work. The play even revolves around a young nihilist bohemian named Krapp who bears a passing resemblance to the protagonist of Krapp's Last Tape. Michael Brodsky's new translation of the long unavailable play will delight Beckett scholars and aficionados alike. Jack Helbig --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Foxrock Books (June 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562011103
• ISBN-13: 978-1562011109
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,149,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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.