{"product_id":"krapps-last-tape-other-dramatic-pieces-by-samuel-beckett-trade-paperback-1960-grove-weidenfeld","title":"Krapp's Last Tape \u0026 Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1960 • Grove Weidenfeld","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVINTAGE TRADE PAPERBACK [1960] GROVE WEIDENFELD• EVERGREEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Grove Press as a trade paperback original.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLater 28th printing circa early 80's. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage trade paperback in very good condition.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight wear to cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few small brackets to text at front of book (only one or two pages affected, see photos) -- otherwise reads like new. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; Mimes This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s dramatic pieces includes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrapp’s Last Tape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe two radio plays were commissioned by the BBC; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “plumbs the same pessimistic depths [as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] in what seems a no less despairing search for human dignity” (London \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is equally unforgettable theater, born of the ramblings of an old man and his wife. Finally, in the two pantomimes, Beckett takes drama to the point of pure abstraction with his portrayals of, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAct Without Words I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, frustrated desired, and in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAct Without Words I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, corresponding motions of living juxtaposed in the slow despair of one man and the senselessly busy motion of another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67286946382073,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/krappslasttape-1.jpg?v=1791155066","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/krapps-last-tape-other-dramatic-pieces-by-samuel-beckett-trade-paperback-1960-grove-weidenfeld","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}