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The End

Series: Penguin Modern
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The End by Samuel Beckett is a tale that delves into the life of a nameless, elderly, and homeless protagonist. The story follows this man's reflection on his past and the bleak present as he wanders through an indifferent world. Beckett's narrative is marked by introspection and a sense of isolation, encapsulating themes of mortality and existential despair.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring thought-provoking and introspective narratives. It offers a profound and often bleak reflection on the human condition, rich with dark humour and existential themes. Readers interested in minimalist prose and existential philosophy might find this work especially intriguing.

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Fifty new books at £1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.

The End

'They didn't seem to take much interest in my private parts which to tell the truth were nothing to write home about, I didn't take much interest in them myself.'

From the master of the absurd, these two stories of an unnamed vagrant contending with decay and death combine bleakness with the blackest of humour.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241338971

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 46g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, in the late twenties he went to Paris to join the staff of the cole Normale Superieure. He met James Joyce and his first published work was an essay on Joyce's Work in Progress (later Finnegans Wake). After travelling in Germany and undergoing psychotherapy in London, he settled in Paris, where he remained during the Second World War, active in the French Resistance. From the spring of 1946 he elected to use French as his language of literary composition and over the next five years he wrote two plays, four novels, poetry, criticism and four novellas in that language. He was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1969.

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