{"product_id":"the-collected-shorter-plays-paperback","title":"The Collected Shorter Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Beckett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Beckett, the great minimalist master and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, produced some of his most widely praised work for the stage in the form of the short play. This complete and definitive collection of twenty-five plays and \"playlets\" includes Beckett's celebrated \u003ci\u003eKrapp's Last Tape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCascando\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEh Joe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNot I\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFootfalls\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as his mimes, all his radio and television plays, his screenplay for \u003ci\u003eFilm\u003c\/i\u003e, his adaptation of Robert Pinget's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Tune\u003c\/i\u003e, and the more recent \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Where\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNight and Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beckett reduces life, perception, and writing to barest minimums: a few dimly seen, struggling torsos; a hopeless intelligence compulsively seeking to come to terms, in rudimentary yet endlessly varied language, with the human condition they represent. Within these extraordinary limitations, Beckett's verbal ability nonetheless generates great intensity.'--Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.32 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689277329471,"sku":"9780802144386","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/93e6b677eee425a593c41504a8d63075.webp?v=1764985022","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-collected-shorter-plays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}