Maylis Besserie

A short novel that imagines the thoughts that might swim in Samuel Beckett's head during his last year, living in a retirement home in Paris, alone after the death of his wife Suzanne.

Although there were rarely moments when I thought I was reading Beckett himself, Besserie makes a good stab at capturing what might have gone on in his mind, with the occasional absurdism. The theme of waiting runs throughout in various ways. As would be expected with an older person there is memory, especially about Joyce, and about May, Becketts mother.

Reading this definitely made me want to revisit his work on the page. I have seen much both on stage and screen.… (meer)