En attendant Godot
Waiting for Godot is a play in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting Godot, who never arrives. His play is a tragicomedy in two acts".
In the first act, two men, Vladimir and Estragon, have met near a leafless tree. Estragon spent the previous night lying in a ditch and receiving a beating from some unnamed assailants. The two men discuss a variety of issues, and it is revealed that they are waiting for a man named Godot. They are not certain if they’ve ever met Godot, or if he will even arrive. Two other characters show up, Pozzo and his slave Lucky, who is headed for the market, where Pozzo intends to sell Lucky. They pause in their journey, as Pozzo engages Vladimir and Estragon in conversation.
Soon a boy shows up and explains to Vladimir and Estragon that he is a messenger from Godot and that Godot will not be arriving tonight, but tomorrow.
In the second act, Vladimir and Estragon are again near the tree waiting for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo reappear, but now Pozzo has become blind and Lucky has become dumb. Pozzo can’t recall having met Vladimir and Estragon the previous night. Lucky and Pozzo exit, as Vladimir and Estragon go on waiting.
Soon, the boy reappears to report that Godot will not be coming. The boy claims that he didn’t talk to Vladimir yesterday. Vladimir and Estragon consider suicide, but in the end, they decide to leave.
Malone Dies
The main protagonist in the novel is Malone, an old man who is lying in bed. He doesn't know where he is. Maybe in a hospital or asylum. He only has his workbook, a hat, and a pencil. He is writing a story about Sapo, a boy who when becomes a man, he changes Sapo's name to Macmann.
The majority of the book's text is observational and deals with Malone's existence.
Samuel Barclay Beckett
(13 April 1906-22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator.
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin.
At the age of five, Beckett attended a local playschool in Dublin, where he started to learn music, and then moved to Earlsfort House School in Dublin.
Beckett studied French, Italian, and English at Trinity College Dublin from 1923 to 1927.
After teaching briefly at Campbell College in Belfast, took up the post of lecteur d'anglais at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, he wrote in both French and English.
In 1929, Beckett published his first work, a critical essay entitled "Dante... Bruno. Vico.. Joyce" and in 1932, he wrote his first novel, Dream of Fair to Middling Women
In 1935, he published a book of his poetry, Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates.
Beckett was a successful playwright. He is most famous for his play En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot; 1953).
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