Molloy
Author: Samuel Beckett
Written initially in French, later translating it into English, “Molloyis the first book in Dublin-born Samuel Beckett’s trilogy. It was published shortly after WWII and marked a new, mature writing style, which was to dominate the remainder of his working life. “Molloyis less a novel than a set of two monologues narrated by Molloy and his pursuer Moran. In the first secti….Read More
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