Undoing Time: The Life and Work of Samuel Beckett

by Jennifer Birkett

Since his death in 1989, it has become difficult to imagine that Samuel Beckett was once a virtually unknown writer. Born in 1906 into a respectable middle-class family in a Dublin suburb, he came late to fame in the early 1950s with the ground-breaking play, Waiting for Godot. Since Godot, Beckett's writings have been translated, published, and staged throughout the world. This highly accessible and original account offers a new opportunity to engage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716532905
• ISBN13: 9780716532903
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"