Murphy
Author: Samuel Beckett
Ficiton. MURPHY, when first published in 1938, was Beckett’s first novel and third work of ficiton. Very Irish in the post-Joycean tradition, it nevertheless was the beginning of a new form of literary expression as some discerning critics recognized at the time, drawing heavily on the author’s time spent in London as a young man, and especially on his experiences as a mal….Read More
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