Ficiton. MURPHY, when first published in 1938, was Beckett's first novel and third work of ficiton. Very Irish in the post-Joycean tradition, it nevertheless was the beginning of a new form of literary expression as some discerning critics recognized at the time, drawing heavily on the author's time spent in London as a young man, and especially on his experiences as a male nurse. It has for many years been one of the most popular novels of one of the most seminal figures of the twentieth century. There's a sort of comfort in the dry, bare, language, in the spooky imagery and the incantatory repetitions... -- Howard Kinlay.

Murphy (Calder Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

BECKETT,SAMUEL

Classics

Riverrun Press (New York, NY)

Rome, Naples and Florence (Calderbooks)

Travel

STENDHAL

Europe

Mr. Alfred, M. A.

Friel, George

Wilhelm Meister Vol. 5: The Years of Travel

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang

In Africa Even the Flies Are Happy (Calderbooks)

BREYTENBACH, Breyten

Poetry

The Inquisitory consists entirely of the interrogation of an old, deaf servant regarding unspecified crimes that may or may not have taken place at his master's French chateau. The servant's replies - which are by turns comic, straightforward, angry, nostalgic, and disingenuous - hint at a variety of seedy events, including murder, orgies, tax fraud, and drug deals. Of course, the servant wasn't involved with any of these activities - if the reader chooses to believe him. In trying to convince the inquisitor of his innocence, the servant creates a web of half-truths, vague references, and glaring inconsistencies amid "forgotten" details, indicating that he may know more than he's letting on.

Inquisitory (Calderbooks S)

Robert Pinget

Contemporary

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