I have very much enjoyed your insight into all three novels of Beckett’s Trilogy, having just read them in succession over the course of the last couple of weeks. I also, like you, probably hold Molloy as my favorite of the three, with The Unnamable coming in a very close second. With a background in classical music, I couldn’t help, while reading the last of the three, thinking of composers such as Schoenberg, Berg, even up to John Cage, Philip Glass, etc. This period of time in which especially the first two were contemporary with Beckett had to have been so fascinating to see unfold, with all of its occasional (not always) refutations of structure or plot or resolution. After the first several pages reading The Unnamable silently, I spent most of the remaining time reading the novel aloud to myself. And I felt the prose really becomes music, as I find Joyce’s so often does. In any case, thank you for your really thoughtful analysis and reflection on reading the novels. Your videos have made me appreciate the literature even more than I normally would have, and I’m anxious to delve into more of Read/Read’s offerings.
@readreadofficial
4 күн бұрын
Thank you for your comment, I agree with the comparisons to Cage and Schoenberg - Didn't 'Waiting For Godot' premier the same year Cage wrote 4'33? Funnily enough, I just filmed another 'Book + Art Combos' video that will come out in a few weeks, and I have a music combination for Beckett's Trilogy that I think you'll enjoy.
@kevinbothwell9736
3 күн бұрын
@@readreadofficial Yes, I’d never thought of that, but I think you’re right, 1952 or 1953. I haven’t yet explored your Book + Art Combos, but am now curious to do so, wow! Thank you.
@evaapple255
5 күн бұрын
sorry , that does not seem like something I would enjoy. To me it seems so obscure that anything I believe to find, is probably coming from the reader and not from the writer 🙄
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