Beckett—deracination, mental collapse, & the zero point of logic - Books Ireland

Beckett—deracination, mental collapse, & the zero point of logic - Books Ireland

Beckett—deracination, mental collapse, & the zero point of logic by Eoghan Smith In 1951, a plain, cream coloured volume bearing the title Molloy appeared in Paris bookshops. This inauspicious-looking object was Samuel Beckett’s fourth novel, and to that point only his second to be published; his debut novel, Murphy, had come out in 1938. Great success had not followed. His third novel, Watt, remained unpublished; his first, the frankly awful Dr…