The Unnamable (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Indeterminate
- Principal Characters: The Unnamable, Mahood, Worm
- 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:
The Unnamable, although he never called himself that, seems to have been an old male who was not certain of where he was, who he was, or if, in fact, he actually existed. Intelligent, loquacious, and sometimes very funny, he constantly bemoaned his odd situation. He believed that he had been used for some unknown reason by some unknown persons who put words in his mouth, although he was not sure that he had a mouth. He was certain that the constant talk that flowed through him was, in part, some kind of punishment. He believed that until he did his “pensum” (a...
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