Beckett is acknowledged as one of the greatest playwrights and most innovative fiction writers of the twentieth century with an international appeal that bridges both general and more specialist readers. This collection of essays by renowned Beckett scholar Enoch Brater offers a delightfully original; playful and intriguing series of approaches to Becketts drama; fiction and poetry. Beginning with a chapter entitled Things to Ponder While Waiting for Godot; each essay deftly illuminates aspects of Becketts thinking and craft; making astute and often suprising discoveries along the way. In a series of beguiling discussions such as From Dada to Didi: Beckett and the Art of His Century; Becketts Devious Interventions; or Fun with Cube Roots and The Seated Figure on Becketts Stage; Brater proves the perfect companion and commentator on Becketts work; helping readers to approach it with fresh eyes and a renewed sense of the authors unique aesthetic.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. who LED lights glowed like an unending series of candles along the hillsBy Leslie NortonLong before Donald Trump ascended to the White House; the U.S. ndash; Mexico border has provoked heated debate and rich emotions. An enigmatic line drawn in 1848 to divide Mexico and the U.S. it is the subject of countless projections and meditations of the literary and artistic variety.In 1999; Kate Bonansinga moved to a town north of El Paso; Texas from Oregon; where she had been a writer and a gallery owner. Soon after; she was charged with creating; from scratch; the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of El Paso. The new museum would be less than a mile from city of Juarezmdash;the name of the city directly opposite El Paso. The universityrsquo;s student body is 80% Mexican American and primarily first generation; economically underprivileged and unable to travel. The University had to bring the artists to them. Over the next eight years; Bonansinga sought commissions from artists who would be inspired by El Pasorsquo;s mountains and desert climate and its proximity to Mexico and the ever-present border. Altogether; she curated 61 exhibitions; of which nine are addressed in the book; including Leo Villareal; who LED lights glowed like an unending series of candles along the hills; Margarita Cabrerararsquo;s crushed cars; Tania Candanirsquo;s family photographs; Tom Leader Studiorsquo;s ghostly figures and Simparchrsquo;s meditation on water in the desert. Bonansinga is a scholar who also has an excellent eye for human detail. This is a compelling; highly readable account of how she became a curator; how artists create; and the myriad things the border represents. If only as an antidote to the brutish discussions about the proposed border wall; buy this book.