Unnamable (1953) (edit title/settings)

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• “Memory notably, which I did not think myself entitled to draw upon, will have its word to say, if necessary. This represents at least a thousand words I have not counted on. I may well be glad of them.”

• “no point in telling yourself stories, to pass the time, stories don’t pass the time, nothing passes the time, that doesn’t matter, that’s how it is, you tell yourself stories, then any old thing, saying, No more stories from this day forth, and the stories go on, it’s stories still, or it was never stories, always any old thing, for as long as you can remember, no longer than that, any old thing, the same old thing, to pass the time, then, as time didn’t pass, for no reason at all, in your thirst, trying to cease and never ceasing, seeking the cause, the cause of talking and never ceasing, finding the cause, losing it again, finding it again, not finding it again, seeking no longer seeking again, finding again, losing again, finding nothing, finding at last, losing again, talking without ceasing, thirstier than ever, seeking as usual, losing as usual, blathering away, wondering what it’s all about, seeking what it can be you are seeking, exclaiming, Ah yes, sighing, No no, crying,”

• “Unless this time it's the real silence at last. Perhaps I've said the thing that had to be said, that give me the right to be done with speech, done with listening, done with hearing, without knowing it. I'm listening already, I'm going silent.”

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Glossary edit see section history

• aporia: doubtful; the expression of doubt.
• ephectic: a sceptic.
• pensum: a duty, task, or school lesson to be prepared (possibly as punishment).

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Malone Dies.

Preceded by The Long Goodbye, and followed by Watt.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Samuel Beckett (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Classics › Beckett, Samuel
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Beckett, Samuel
• Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics