Echo's Bones

Resumen del libro

In 1933, Chatto x{0026} Windus agreed to publish Samuel Beckett's More Pricks Than Kicks, a collection of ten interrelated stories-it was to be his first published work of fiction. At his editor's request, Beckett penned an additional story to serve as the final piece. It was called "Echo's Bones," but it caused many problems for Beckett, as he had killed off the protagonist of the stories. But in the end, his editor politely turned it down and it was not included. As a result, the story "Echo's Bones," not to be confused with the poem and collection of poems of the same title, remained unpublished. Now, almost eight decades later, it will finally find its way into print.

This little known text will be introduced by the preeminent Beckett scholar, Dr. Mark Nixon, who will situate the work in terms of its biographical context, its Joycean influences, and as a vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work. Beckett's confession that he included in the story "all I knew" attests to the importance of "Echo's Bones" within his oeuvre.The posthumous publication of Echo's Bones marks the highly-anticipated return of one our literary giants.

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)one of the leading literary and dramatic figures of the twentieth century, was born in Foxrock, Ireland and attended Trinity College in Dublin. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and commended for having "transformed the destitution of man into his exaltation."

Dr. Mark Nixon is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading, UK, where he is also the Director of the Beckett International Foundation.

"In Beckett's fiction, every other word serves to snap the reader back to consciousness." -The New York Times Book Review

Biografía del autor

Samuel Beckett (Dublín, 1906 " París, 1989). Tras cursar estudios en el Trinity College de su ciudad natal, fue nombrado profesor de la École Normal Supérieure de París. En esta ciudad conoció a James Joyce, de quien se convirtió muy pronto en amigo y confidente. Pariticipó activamente en la Resistencia francesa durante la segunda guerra mundial, desdeñando su neutralidad de ciudadano irlandés, y, a partir de 1945, se instaló en Francia, donde escribió toda su obra, indistintamente en inglés o francés. En 1969 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura; eso no turbó la vida retirada que llevó hasta su muerte. En su obra, se cuentan piezas teatrales (como Esperando a Godot, Fin de partida, Film o Pavesas), narrativa y poesía.