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Waiting for Godot

A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett · 2011 · 96 pages

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About This Book

Two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait on a desolate road for the arrival of a mysterious figure named Godot, who never appears. Their repetitive dialogue and encounters with other travelers explore themes of existential uncertainty and the struggle for meaning. The play is a definitive work of the Theatre of the Absurd and a landmark of 20th-century drama.

Book Details

Published

2011

Pages

96

Language

fr

ISBN

9780802144423

Awards & Recognition

Nobel Prize in Literature (1969)Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Controversial Play (1955)

Audiobook Available

2h 2m
Narrated by Sean Barrett, David Burke, et al.

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