First Love and Other Novellas

Samuel Beckett, Gerry Dukes, Gerry Dukes , Gerry Dukes

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French

Penguin
04 September 2000

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition. Rich in verbal and situational humour, they offer a fascinating insight into many of the issues which preoccupied Beckett all his working life. As the first novella reveals, nobody writes with quite such cruel and unnervingly clever wit as Beckett...

By: Samuel Beckett
Notes by: Gerry Dukes
Introduction by: Gerry Dukes
Edited by: Gerry Dukes
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 91g
ISBN: 9780141180151
ISBN 10: 0141180153
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 04 September 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

During his career as a playwright and novelist, Samuel Beckett redefined the artistic possibilities of writing in both forms. He won the Prix Formentor in 1961 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.