Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett [FIRST EDITION] 1954 • 17th Printing • Grove Press

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

FIRST EDITION [1954] GROVE PRESS

Published by Grove Press as a trade paperback original.

17th printing.

Vintage trade paperback in very good condition.  

Cover shows light wear and a few spots of discoloration.  

Reads like new!  Clean, bright unmarked pages.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.