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Damned To Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
James Knowlson
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hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, recreates Beckett's youth in Ireland, his studies at Trinity College, Dublin in the early 1920s and from there to the Continent, where he plunged into the multicultural literary society of late-1920s Paris. The biography throws new light on Beckett's stormy relationship with his mother, the psychotherapy he received after the death of his father and his crucial relationship with James Joyce. There is also material on Beckett's six-month visit to Germany as the Nazi's tightened their grip. The book includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose to live in France, including ... Read more
Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, recreates Beckett's youth in Ireland, his studies at Trinity College, Dublin in the early 1920s and from there to the Continent, where he plunged into the multicultural literary society of late-1920s Paris. The biography throws new light on Beckett's stormy relationship with his mother, the psychotherapy he received after the death of his father and his crucial relationship with James Joyce. There is also material on Beckett's six-month visit to Germany as the Nazi's tightened their grip. The book includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose to live in France, including ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
887
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747527190
SKU
KSG0032432
Shipping Time
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99-1
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