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A review by juuhae
The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
5.0
In my opinion, Beckett's trilogy of novels is one of the greatest works of art ever created. The third part takes the stylistic and thematic decomposition of the previous parts to the extreme. At the same time, this book is a completely new reading experience. You'd have to read the last 130-page paragraph in one go to get the full effect (not that I ever could).
The eternally waxing and waning narrative voice forces the reader to adopt an almost Buddhist mindset. You cannot expect any continuity from the text, nor can you adhere to any facts that you might wish to deduce about the narrator's situation. But once you have reached this state, without expectations of the future, without memories of the past, you can surrender to the elegant flow of words.
The eternally waxing and waning narrative voice forces the reader to adopt an almost Buddhist mindset. You cannot expect any continuity from the text, nor can you adhere to any facts that you might wish to deduce about the narrator's situation. But once you have reached this state, without expectations of the future, without memories of the past, you can surrender to the elegant flow of words.