The Trilogy Series by Samuel Beckett

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  • Molloy (The Trilogy #1)
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    Molloy (The Trilogy #1)

    Samuel Beckett

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1951

    Molloy, the first of the three masterpieces which constitute Samuel Beckett’s famous trilogy, appeared in French in 1951, followed seven months later by Malone Dies (Malone meurt), and two years later by The Unnamable (L’Innommable). Few works of contemporary literature have been so universally acclaimed as central to their time and to our understanding of the human experience.

  • Malone Dies (The Trilogy #2)
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    Malone Dies (The Trilogy #2)

    Samuel Beckett

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1951

    This is the second in the famous trilogy of novels written by Samuel Beckett in the late 1940s. An old man is dying in a room. His bowl of soup comes, his pots are emptied. He waits to die. And while he waits, he constructs stories, mainly to pass the time. Saposcat, the Lambert family, Macmann and his nurse Moll. Other figures weave in and out of his vision and his imagination... more

  • The Unnamable (The Trilogy #3)
    #3

    The Unnamable (The Trilogy #3)

    Samuel Beckett

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1953

    The Unnamable consists entirely of a disjointed monologue from the perspective of an unnamed (presumably unnamable) and immobile protagonist. There is no concrete plot or setting - and whether the other characters ("Mahood" (formerly "Basil") and "Worm") actually exist or whether they are facets of the narrator himself is debatable... more

  • The Unnamable (The Trilogy #3)
    #3

    The Unnamable (The Trilogy #3)

    Samuel Beckett

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1953

    The Unnamable consists entirely of a disjointed monologue from the perspective of an unnamed (presumably unnamable) and immobile protagonist. There is no concrete plot or setting - and whether the other characters ("Mahood" (formerly "Basil") and "Worm") actually exist or whether they are facets of the narrator himself is debatable... more

  • Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (The Trilogy #1-3)
    #1-3

    Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (The Trilogy #1-3)

    Samuel Beckett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1958

    The first novel of Samuel Beckett's mordant and exhilirating midcentury trilogy intoduces us to Molloy, who has been mysteriously incarcerated, and who subsequently escapes to go discover the whereabouts of his mother. In the latter part of this curious masterwork, a certain Jacques Moran is deputized by anonymous authorities to search for the aforementioned Molloy... more

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