Conversations on Beckett (Grove Press)

Title: Conversations on Beckett (Grove Press)
Author: Mel Gussow
Literary Criticism: 1702143
ISBN: 9780802115935
Publisher: Grove Pr
Published: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 192
Section: Literary Criticism | European | French
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Mel Gussow, the longtime drama critic for The New York Times, has put together a revelatory book of conversations with the famously reticent author and his chief collaborators. In this revealing and poignant collection, Gussow paints a portrait of Samuel Beckett, the novelist and playwright whose body of work is unmatched for its intensity and cohesiveness. Although Beckett never allowed an interview, he did talk informally with Gussow over a ten-year period. Conversations with and about Beckett includes those encounters, with talk of actors, directors, the general state of the theater, art, life -- and tennis. The conversations, previously unpublished, show the reputedly austere author as modest, humorous, and open-minded but always precise and revealing about his own work, which he discusses with great acuity.