The Unnamable (novel)
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| - | {{Template}}'''''The Unnamable''''' is a 1953 novel by [[Samuel Beckett]]. It is the third and final entry in Beckett's "Trilogy" of novels, which also includes '''''[[Molloy (novel)|Molloy]]''''' and '''''[[Malone Dies]]'''''. It was originally published in French as ''L'Innomable.'' | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''''The Unnamable''''' is a [[1953]] novel by [[Samuel Beckett]]. It is the third and final entry in Beckett's "Trilogy" of novels, which also includes '''''[[Molloy (novel)|Molloy]]''''' and '''''[[Malone Dies]]'''''. It was originally published in French as ''L'Innomable.'' | ||
| - | ''The Unnamable'' consists entirely of a disjointed monologue from the perspective of an unnamed (presumably unnamable) and immobile protagonist. There is [[plotlessness|no concrete plot or setting]] - and whether the other characters ("Mahood" and "Worm") actually exist or whether they are facets of the narrator himself is debatable. | + | ''The Unnamable'' consists entirely of a [[disjointed]] [[monologue]] from the perspective of an [[unnamed]] (presumably unnamable) and immobile protagonist. There is [[plotlessness|no concrete plot or setting]] - and whether the other characters ("Mahood" and "Worm") [[Unreliable narrator|actually exist or whether they are facets of the narrator himself]] is debatable. |
| - | The novel builds in its despairing tone until the ending, which is mainly comprised of very long run-on sentences. It closes with the phrase "I can't go on, I'll go on," which was later used as the title of an anthology of Beckett works. | + | The novel builds in its [[despairing]] tone until the ending, which is mainly comprised of very long run-on sentences. It closes with the phrase "I can't go on, I'll go on," which was later used as the title of an anthology of Beckett works. |
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The Unnamable is a 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. It is the third and final entry in Beckett's "Trilogy" of novels, which also includes Molloy and Malone Dies. It was originally published in French as L'Innomable.
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" and "Worm") actually exist or whether they are facets of the narrator himself is debatable.
The novel builds in its despairing tone until the ending, which is mainly comprised of very long run-on sentences. It closes with the phrase "I can't go on, I'll go on," which was later used as the title of an anthology of Beckett works.
