Having seen Samuel Beckett's manuscript for Murphy at the University of Reading, I have realised that I have not read much of Beckett's prose - apart from a couple of short stories.
On checking the web, there are several novels and short story collections around.
So, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a book/collection to start with, please?
I started with Murphy many years ago and moved on to the Trilogy and am reading How It Is these days. I had read most of his plays before I started reading prose. I enjoy his prose more.
"The farther he goes the more good it does me. I don’t want philosophies, tracts, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the sh1t the more I am grateful to him..."
-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Prose is a brilliant compilation and a great starting point for Beckett's prose.
Thank you for the recommendations. I found my library had ream of Fair to Middling Women - so I have started there. It's one part Joyce, one part Beckett, one part Hemmingway and possibly Trocchi.
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