Malone Dies is the first person monologue of Malone, an old man lying in bed and waiting to die. The tone is fiercely ironic, highly quotable, and because of its extravagance, also very comic. It catches the reality of old age in a way that is grimly convincing, cruel as humor so often is, and memorable because of Beckett's way with words. A master dramatist, Beckett's novels can be even more effective when heard, and especially when read by such a Beckett specialist as Sean Barrett.
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"Only Samuel Beckett can spend so much time talking about poop, and still make it so beautifully worth reading. "It was Midnight. The Rain was pounding against the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining." The most chilling ending to a novel ever. " — Martin (5 out of 5 stars)
"Only Samuel Beckett can spend so much time talking about poop, and still make it so beautifully worth reading. "It was Midnight. The Rain was pounding against the windows. It was not midnight. It was not raining." The most chilling ending to a novel ever. "
" Ridiculously difficult and a bit of a drag sometimes, but fascinating. Beckett's got style in this trilogy. "
" Guy may have been a genius, but his novels blow. What's the deal with the endless paragraphs? "
" I can't say I really enjoyed reading this, mostly because a lot of it went totally over my head. However, I still really liked some parts and I'm sure it will be more enjoyable on a second reading. "
" Like Molloy, this is sometimes hard going. But it has a lot of moments of grim hilarity, and the absolute greatest, most vulgar and anti-romantic "love letter" that I've ever read "
" Funny,bleak, and poetic...to be read at intervals. "
" To me, Beckett will always be amazing. "
" I hated this, although I really wanted to like it. I'm still going to attempt Molly, but I'm not expecting to like it after abandoning this. "
" Oh- AWESOME. My first Becket book - bit of a revelation, fell in love with his style. "
" Story of my life no.2 "
" 144 page inner monologue by a perverted, dying old man = 144 page waste of time. "
" like the others... its not finish yet :D "
" Fantastic stuff this is. Beckett is a god giving birth to language through fire. "
" "but i have no reason to be gladdened by the sun and i take good care not to be. the aegean, thirsting for heat and light, him i killed, he killed himself, early on, in me." "
" Pretty stunnning. Unlike anything I've ever read before. Lude and crude, nonsense, no plot. Lots of laughs. If you like modernism, go for it. "
" it was really rambling and plotless, which is fine, but there wasn't enough to hold on to i think "
" There aren't too many books that make me laugh out loud. This one did. "
" Read for Literature 1 at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. "
" I confess that I am rating this before completion. This is cheating I know, but I promise to come back to this review upon completion...I think I will complete it? I just had to rant about how modernity is such a sad existence. The end. "
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