Lessness (short story)
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"Lessness" is a short story by Samuel Beckett
originally written in French as Sans in 1969 and later translated into English by the author. It was included in a book of short stories under the title Friendship launched to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping in Beirut of the British television journalist John McCarthy.
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
originally written in French as Sans in 1969 and later translated into English by the author. It was included in a book of short stories under the title Friendship launched to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping in Beirut of the British television journalist John McCarthy.