How It Is by Samuel Beckett | Book Review

My discussion of the events of the plot begins at 1:38 and ends at 3:06.

[Cpaskous]

Great overview! How It Is is definitely up there for me as well.

[seanc]

Thanks for this review. I'm almost done with the first part of the book now. I appreciated your comments about how the form created ambiguity, and especially enjoyed the 12 tone music analogy...doesn't seem like a book that will give me a "going home" feeling. Lastly, the idea of the protagonist superimposing structure on meaningful experience was interesting. Thanks for making this video, as I haven't been able to find much discussion on this book on YouTube. Btw, do you have any recommendations for secondary literature on Beckett?

[hatchedchick]

you should read worstward ho its like how it was but with even more emphasis on syntactic non-structure its the most sincere depiction of meta-narrative ive seen.