Dante and the Lobster (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Plot: Farce
- Time of Work: The late 1920's
- Setting: Dublin, Ireland
- Principal Characters: Belcqua Shuah, Signorina Adriana Ottolenghi
- Genres: Short fiction, Philosophical realism, Farce
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Students or student life, Comedy, Lobsters
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story
As the story begins, Belacqua Shuah, the protagonist, is reading canto 2 of Dante's Paradiso and having difficulty understanding it. At noon, he lays his task aside and considers his schedule for the day, consisting of lunch, picking up a lobster for his aunt, and his Italian lesson. The preparations for his lunch are strange. First, he toasts bread, which must be blackened through and through to suit him. He succeeds in achieving the desired glassy texture, but he burns his wall in the process. He then applies a thick paste of Savora, salt, and cayenne, wraps...
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