Molloy (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Indeterminate
- Principal Characters: Molloy, A, Lousse, Jacques Moran, Jacques Moran, Youdi, Gaber
- Genres: Long fiction, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Memory, Traveling or travelers, Philosophy or philosophers, Psychology or psychologists, Authors or writers, Art or artists, 1940’s, Paris, Death or dying, Existentialism, Old age or elderly people
The Story:
Chapter 1. Molloy had been in his mother’s room, having been brought there after he ceased to walk. He was obliged to write out the story of how he ended there under orders from a thirsty man who collected his pages once a week on Sundays. He had been remembering what happened to bring him to this room. He remembered that he had been on a hilltop from which he watched two men, A and C, walking toward each other along a country road, who met, exchanged a few words, and then went their separate ways. It was after he watched this encounter that Molloy decided...
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