Waiting for Godot: A Bilingual Edition: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
 

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment by American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. Now in honor of the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth, Grove Press is publishing a bilingual edition of... (read more)

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nesreen y
  • Rated 5 stars

i read this book four years ago but this is the only book i keep rembering ite sentences i dont know why may be because we wait 4 alot of things in our life

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sophiebarlow
  • Rated 1 stars

The worst required high school reading I ever had.

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  • talal

    talal said:

    for Tawfeeq :
    this book wakes us to see our life in its reality , in its absurdity , in its disorder .... and makes us silent many times ............ any way thank you for giving it to me .

    posted Friday, May 30 2008
  • Mirko B

    mirko b said:

    Oh, we know what we're living for, it's just that there are many people who'd like to keep that a secret.

    posted Thursday, November 29 2007
  • soheil j

    soheil j said:

    Samuel Beckett , in his book "Waiting for godot" shows that we are living for nothing with no real purpuse

    posted Thursday, November 29 2007
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