Beckett
Samuel, 1906–1989, Irish playwright and novelist, living in France: Nobel Prize in Literature 1969.
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Driving on a twisty road at night, Beckett falls asleep at the wheel.
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller Beckett | Stephanie Zacharek | August 13, 2021 | TimeBeckett comes to, injured and bloody, and although the police at first seem inclined to help, it’s not long before Beckett realizes he’s their prey, for no discernible reason.
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller Beckett | Stephanie Zacharek | August 13, 2021 | TimeAlso, no one speaks much English, and the character’s lines aren’t subtitled, an interesting choice that drives home Beckett’s feelings of helplessness and alienation.
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller Beckett | Stephanie Zacharek | August 13, 2021 | TimeBeckett has no idea why the cops are so interested in shooting him dead.
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller Beckett | Stephanie Zacharek | August 13, 2021 | TimeThe first venture of the company’s offshoot, New Group Off Stage, is this version of Beckett’s absurdist masterwork — a play set in the ether of the open-ended, existential unknowable.
Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo take on ‘Godot,’ hoping it’s a powerhouse online | Peter Marks | March 26, 2021 | Washington Post
“Novelist good for nothing else,” said Samuel Beckett, and that ought to be taken as a compliment.
Nobel Prize Winner Modiano’s Magical Musical Prose About Paris | Pierre Assouline | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe title of his first novel is taken from DeLillo, the second from Beckett.
Joshua Ferris’s New Novel Chronicles an Existential Dentist in Despair | Tom LeClair | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis isn't a comic, it's a Beckett play with barnyard animals.
He seems to put more store these days in Glenn Beck than Beckett.
Kabakov is the Beckett of the art world, creating silences and divorcing himself from the cackle.
Mis' Hate-evil Beckett, says she, 'It does make my man feel dreadful to see his brother's folks carry on so.'
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches | Sarah Orne JewettWhen Carpentier knocked out Beckett with one perfectly delivered punch he also jarred Shaw.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood BrounHe sipped the wine, wondering dimly what Frank Beckett-Smythe was enduring and how he would explain that black eye.
The Revellers | Louis TracyMartin, to whom Angèle clung in speechless fear, and the two Beckett-Smythes alone were left.
The Revellers | Louis TracyBefore Mr. Beckett-Smythe sat down to dinner that evening a very unpleasant duty had been thrust on him.
The Revellers | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for Beckett
/ (ˈbɛkɪt) /
Margaret Mary . Dame. born 1943, British Labour politician; leader of the House of Commons (1998–2001); secretary of state for environment, food, and rural affairs (2001–2006); foreign secretary (2006– 07)
Samuel (Barclay). 1906–89, Irish dramatist and novelist writing in French and English, whose works portray the human condition as insignificant or absurd in a bleak universe. They include the plays En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot, 1952), Fin de partie (Endgame, 1957), and Not I (1973) and the novel Malone meurt (Malone Dies, 1951): Nobel prize for literature 1969
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