'He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going. He brings forth a body of beauty...' - Harold Pinter
Written in 1946, in what he later called 'a frenzy of writing', these four novellas are among the first substantial works resulting from Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition. Richly humorous, they offer a fascinating insight into preoccupations which remained constant throughout the work of a writer who transformed the art of the novel and contemporary theatre.
The End/The Expelled/The Calmative/First Love
'These four stories... are superb works of art, and it is good to have them collected in this handsome edition, immaculately edited and annotated by Gerry Dukes' - John Banville, Irish Times
