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Description edit
“It is one thing to be informed by Shakespeare that life “is a tale told by an idiot signifying nothing”; it is something else to encounter the idea literally presented in a novel by Samuel Beckett. But I am reasonably certain that a sensitive reader who journeys through How It Is will leave... read more
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First Sentence edit
how it was I quote before Pim with Pim after Pim how it is three parts I say it as I hear it
Series & Lists edit
This is book 453 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Violent Bear It Away, and followed by Our Ancestors.
This book is in William H. Gass’s Fifty Literary Pillars. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Samuel Beckett (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: French
Publisher: Minuit
Country: France
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 147
Publisher: Minuit
Country: France
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 147
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Classics › Beckett, Samuel
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Beckett, Samuel
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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