By Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was once presented the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of performs, novels, tales and poetry has earned him an uncontested position as one of many maximum writers of our time. Endgame, initially written in French and translated into English by means of Beckett himself, is taken into account through many critics to be his maximum unmarried paintings. A top of Beckett’s attribute uncooked minimalism, it's a natural and devastating distillation of the human essence within the face of drawing close dying.
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He belched again. "Food always does this to me," he explained, "when I eat late. I have to be careful about supper if I am entertaining a little friend. " "You'd better go to sleep. " Charlot, leaning against the washstand, watched Carosse with dull distaste--watched not only Carosse--a mirror on the wardrobe door reflected both of their images; two middle-aged ruined men discussing a young girl. Never before had he been so aware of his age. "Do you know," Carosse said, "I'm half regretting that I'm leaving here.
The shallow eyes flickered disapproval: the man only liked his intimates--the payers, Charlot thought--to call him by his name. "You don't remember me, Jules," Charlot said. The man became uneasy: perhaps some tone of voice echoed in his ear. The times were confusing: some customers had disappeared altogether, others who had been in hiding had returned changed by imprisonment, and others who had not been in hiding it was now in the interests of his business to discourage. " The American began to hit loudly on the table with a coin.
Charlot, leaning against the washstand, watched Carosse with dull distaste--watched not only Carosse--a mirror on the wardrobe door reflected both of their images; two middle-aged ruined men discussing a young girl. Never before had he been so aware of his age. "Do you know," Carosse said, "I'm half regretting that I'm leaving here. I believe I could compete with you--even as Jean-Louis Chavel. You haven't any dash, my dear fellow. " "Why ever not? You've nothing against me. " He yawned and stretched.