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Book Description: John Calder. 1 Paperback(s), 1998. soft. Book Condition: New. First published in Paris in 1953, Watt marked the beginning of Samuel Beckett's postwar literary career, the fruition of the years in hiding in the Vaucluse Mountains from the Gestapo, which also largely inspired Waiting for Godot. But it remains, unlike the work that followed it, extremely Irish?a philosophical novel full of the grim humor that was already his trademark in such earlier work as More Pricks Than Kicks and Murphy. Recounting the grotesque and improbable adventures of a fantastically logical Irish servant and his master, Watt is a beautifully executed black comedy of stripped-down beauty and ferocious wit. This is a 1998 reprint of the 1976 edition. One of the great writers of the 20th century, Beckett won the Nobel Prize in 1969. He is remembered primarily as a novelist and playwright, producing Waiting for Godot and the trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable, though he was also a poet and, when he chose to be, a discerning critic of great originality. Beckett continues to exert a powerful influence on other writers and interest in his work has grown since his death in 1989. 255. Bookseller Inventory # 21652

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