Question: have you ever sucked a pebble? Samuel Beckett’s Molloy is often heralded as a towering monument of modernist literature, though whether it’s a lighthouse of enlightenment or an impassable granite slab is a matter of perspective. This novel, the first in Beckett’s famous trilogy, plunges us into a world where sucking stones takes on existential significance … Continue reading Pebbles, Prose, and Pointlessness: Beckett’s Molloy and the Art of Going Nowhere
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Where’s Godot?
Been a long time since I saw this play, but I re-read it last week. I remember feeling hopeless after watching the play, and that's the mood it leaves one in; maybe not everyone. Just depends on your outlook and how your mind is at the time you consume it. It's a post-modernist work, which … Continue reading Where’s Godot?