Watt

This is the tale of the man in a hat called Watt.And what Wattdid at the house of Mr Knott what Watt thought about what he did didn t do chez Knott,what Watt didn t think and what he didn tdo while at Knott s,what Watt saidabout what he did at Knott s, what Watt feltabout what he was orwasn t saying about whathe did at Knott s, what Wattdid about what he said aboutwhat he did at Knott s Here,the first button of his greatcoat.What Watt thought about Knott, what Watt thought about Knott s dog, wha [...]

No symbols where none intended So runs Beckett s oft quoted post scriptural warning to readers of this unique, flawed masterpiece Apt, if useless, advice in a novel in which everything from the dog s dinner to the layout of the garden is analysed and contra analysed to infinity by its ever questioning protagonist, who must be one of the most enigmatic read baffling, alien, other dimensional characters ever to have served as the lynchpin for a game changing work of literature And make no mistake, [...]

Bloody marvellous Enjoyed it even this second time round I think I may revisit all the fella s novels this year and then buy myself that lovely looking four volume set of his letters as a present for continuing to get up every morning And so always, when the impossibility of my knowing, of Watt s having known, what I know, what Watt knows, seems absolute, and insurmountable, and undeniable and uncoercible, it could be shown that I know, because Watt told me, and that Watt knew, because someone [...]

Human being is a strange creature But some human beings are stranger than others Too fearful to assume himself the onus of a decision he refers it to the frigid machinery of a time space relation, this is Watt s lifestyle but we know that we are no longer the same, and not only know that we are no longer the same, but know in what we are no longer the same, you wiser but not sadder, and I sadder but not wiser, for wiser I could hardly become without grave personal inconvenience, whereas sorrow i [...]

Ha Think I will have to buy a copy It will replace Wittgenstein, all existentialists, Augustine, Aquinas, T.S Eliot and manuals on dog husbandry Also, most economically, it will dispense with all tomes of psychoanalysis Even though I can sometimes only read a paragraph a day, for hilarity and joy in excess can be exquisitively painful, I do believe I will also dispense with my Dhamapadda What a glorious piece of writing.Ha Just read an review Anyone who claims they enjoy reading this muck is ei [...]

A brilliant, excellent work, that may also be maddening This is my first exposure to Beckett in any medium, and as I began reading it I was somewhat dubious until the person of Watt arrived on the scene that sewer pipe but then the book took over my life.Beckett has created something unique, challenging, entertaining to a certain kind of reader me and bizarre here He toys with two things that have been kinds of obsessions for me as well damn, stole my thunder before I knew it was thunder permuta [...]

I took me forever to finish this book I mean, somewhere in the middle, I stopped and switched to other easier to read ones It was painful especially at the start because you did not know what was going on Then last Sunday, 5th of January 2014, we had to bring my 95 y o father in law to the hospital and I just did not know what came over me Of all the books that I have in my currently reading shelf, I picked this one up Then I had to wait for almost the whole morning inside the hospital room to a [...]

Any time someone claims to be a realist writer, I direct them to this book to show them what a realistic book would actually be like.

Among other things Beckett s most Proustian book a treatise on desire or exercise of it or exorcism from it apologies for the ripoff Wattean syntax, but that s what you get after beating your head through this miraculously tedious book for a month That all three of these goals are impossible to meet and Watt therefore a failure should be no surprise to anyone who keeps in mind Beckett s s famous dictum, which could sell Pepsi try again Fail again Fail better Fail at what Well, how about writing [...]

Watt knott Micks Sa m Knott is not NOT Thus, Knott is the true NOT Refusing to be NOT, is being a real not .

When you put Watt down, you will have a headache Several times between the moment that you pick it up and the moment that you put it down, you will have a headache If you finished this book without a headache, then you probably didn t do it right Surely, several options may arise at the end of the journey Perhaps you will come out understanding what may have been Samuel Beckett s intentions in creating this book, but not the content Or perhaps you will understand neither the intentions nor the c [...]

A typical Beckett book, this one is not an easy read, but an interesting read most definately Did I enjoy it enjoy would be a big word It is not that I did not enjoy it at all, because I certainly did I have always had a huge appreciation for Beckett s work, and Watt only emphasized once again why that is The capacity to make something very simple, very complicated, and in that way to offer a new look at things we might be taking for granted is a trait I have always admired Yet this is not a nov [...]

If I could give this 6 stars I would My favoritist favorite of Beckett I reread this one quite often.

Possibly the most annoying book I ve ever been profoundly unhappy to come to the final page of.

Weird, darker than dark to the point where it at times borders on the sinister but absolutely fascinating and hilariously funny in parts I love, love, love Samuel Beckett He has to be one of the MOST original, daring and innovative writers of the 20th Century and alongside Joyce and Oscar Wilde, surely also goes down as one of the best Irish writers of all time What is Watt about Well, in a nutshell, it s about a mysterious, shadowy figure called Watt who is either mentally disadvantaged, shall [...]

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Beckett s power comes from his language This novel is indecipherable at times, likely with the intention of being so Of all the confusion and frustration though, two aspects make the struggle worthwhile The first is the very rhythm and poetry of Beckett s diction He is crass but gorgeous in his descriptions, dull but engrossing in his pacing and opaque yet straightforward in clarity These contradictions belie the greatest aspect of this piece it is pure empathy to his dark and nihilistic world v [...]

Anything less than 5 stars would be criminal One of the funniest books you ll ever read.

Frequently excruciating to read alone, but exactly the same passages are amazing and hilarious to read aloud I suppose it is unsurprising that Beckett is best known as a playwright As a novel, a couple really startling chilling disorienting scenes really help to jump this up from a literary oddity to a sort of illumination, probably of the human condition or somesuch A rather perplexing piece of writing.The odd loveliness of this 1959 cover art deserves to be noted here Thanks, weird bookstore d [...]

This book dismantled me I hated it I threw it across the room than once It was wonderful I can t recommend it, but read it anyway Maybe you ll see what I mean.

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I am so enjoying re reading the complete works of Samuel Beckett in chronological order the project is explaining illuminating so much to me that had remained mysterious in my patchwork reading of this and that text as the great man s work fell into my hands over the years As I said in my review of Murphy, it was as if Beckett s first two MSs were failed attempts to write Murphy, and Murphy itself a kind of pinnacle of his early aspirations to concoct an Irish Continental existential humorous to [...]

The first and last chapters read like the first and last acts of a strange, sad, often hilarious, always absurd play And in between there is much strange, sad, often hilarious, always absurd inner and outer monologue, including loads of repetition and circumlocution and repetition There are pages that you ll be tempted to skip Beckett, I imagine, offered this temptation for a reason a reason that rests, I hope, in his grave or in the grave of a rarely read book of literary criticism But I implor [...]

Watt will notabate one jotbut of whatof the coming toof the being atof the going fromKnott s habitatof the long wayof the short stayof the going back homethe way he had comeof the empty heartof the empty handsof the dim mind wayfaringthrough barren landsof a flame with dark windshedged aboutgoing outgone outof the empty heartof the empty handsof the dark mind stumblingthrough barren landsthat is of whatWatt will notabate one tot.

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I laughed out loud in the library Ennoble ing and pathetic at the same time.

Go fish I ve had the same card since Wednesday.

So long, Sam.

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