Description: The Lost Ones 1972 Signed by Samuel Beckett #66/100 with slipcase! The Lost Ones Written by Samuel Beckett Published by: Calder & Boyars Printed in: 1972 Pages: 63 ----- Features ----- · Bright Gilt lettering to Spine and front cover · Comes with rare Slipcase · Limited edition: #66/100 Copies Signed by Samuel Beckett Condition This book is in Very Good condition. The gilt lettering to the spine and front cover is bright and unrubbed. All Edges Gilt. There is an inscription in the front and no bookplates, signatures, or markings of any other kind. The pages are clean and free of any foxing. This is the limited edition #66/100 signed by Samuel Beckett. The book comes with its rare original slipcase also in very good condition. Background The Lost Ones is a novella by Samuel Beckett, who abandoned it in 1966 and completed it in 1970. It was then first published in French and translated into English by the author himself the following year. In dense but spare prose, Beckett describes a small world consisting of a flattened cylinder and its pitiable inhabitants. There is no plot, and Beckett frequently repeats certain phrases and bits of information. He abandoned the story in 1966 because of its "intractable complexities", and the basic idea was reused in Bing. Beckett wrote, "Bing may be regarded as the result or miniaturization of Le Dépeupleur..." The story comes from a period where Beckett was implementing the architectural theories of Mies van der Rohe and Adolf Loos, who said that "ornament is a crime". This post-How It Is prose is largely fixated on the interior landscape of the mind. As Beckett noted in the typescript for Watt, "the unconscious mind! What a subject for a short story!" ---------- About the Author --------- Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 – 1989) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator who lived in Paris for most of his adult life. He wrote in both English and French. Beckett's work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human existence, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humor, and became increasingly minimalist in his later career. He is considered one of the last modernist writers, and one of the key figures in what Martin Esslin called the "Theatre of the Absurd". Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation". ---------- Return Policy----------If you are unsatisfied with your purchase for any reason, a FULL refund will be issued so long as I am notified within 14 days after you receive your purchase. The buyer is responsible for return shipping costs. A great chance to own a rare signed copy of a classic tale. If you have any questions or you want more pictures please feel free to email. Overseas bidders only Paypal accepted Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image HostingCreate your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.
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