Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

Enjoyment: 3.68Quality: 4.05Characters: 3.55Plot: 3.21Audiobook: 4.5
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The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.

Published: Jan 01, 1952

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Est. Pages: 110

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Surrealism