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Mercier and Camier is a novel by Samuel Beckett that was written in 1946, but remained unpublished until 1970. Appearing immediately before his celebrated "trilogy" of Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable, Mercier et Camier was Beckett's first attempt at extended prose fiction in French.
- Samuel Beckett
- 1970
1 de jan. de 1970 · One of the most accessible examples of Samuel Beckett’s dark humor, Mercier and Camier is the hilarious chronicle of its two heroes’ epic journey. While their travels are fraught with complications and intrigue, Mercier and Camier at least “did not remove from home, they had that good fortune.”
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Summary. Beckett kept his third novel, Mercier and Camier, on the shelf for twenty-five years before reluctantly allowing its French publication in 1970.The book was apparently more valuable to him as an exploration of expressive forms than as a work of art in its own right.
20 de jun. de 2011 · Mercier and Camier. by. Beckett, Samuel, 1906-. Publication date. 1975. Publisher. New York : Grove Press : distributed by Random House. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
4 de out. de 2012 · Mercier and Camier. Samuel Beckett. Faber & Faber, Oct 4, 2012 - Fiction - 117 pages. Written over three months in 1946, Mercier and Camier was Beckett's first post-war work, and his first...
- Samuel Beckett
- Faber & Faber, 2012
- 0571266959, 9780571266951
- Mercier and Camier
Mercier and Camier. "Two seedy stumblebums named Mercier and Camier, forerunners of Estragon and Vladimir of Waiting for Godot, set out on a mysterious journey through vaguely Irish scenery. They are unwilling clowns in a performance they do not understand ... "--From back cover, paperback edition.
Mercier and Camier, Beckett’s first postwar novel and his first in French, has been described as a forerunner of his most famous work, Waiting for Godot. Like the play, Mercier and...
