{"product_id":"malone-dies-introduced-by-claire-louise-bennett","title":"Malone Dies: Introduced by Claire-Louise Bennett","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second of Samuel Beckett’s three great novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalone Dies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows a decrepit old man lying naked in bed, passing the time by writing bitter observations in an exercise book. Fed from a bed-table and tending to his needs with the help of a stick, Malone looks out his window and begins telling the story of a man cared for by nurses and taken on an ill-fated picnic to an island in the sea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Malone’s mind begins to disintegrate, so does the novel itself. Written during Beckett’s extraordinary period of creative intensity in the late 1940s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalone Dies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a bleakly comic, radically inventive exploration of storytelling, consciousness, isolation, and mortality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuel Beckett (1906–1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and theatre director whose work redefined the possibilities of prose fiction and drama. A modernist associated with the Theatre of the Absurd, he explored the human condition through increasingly experimental and minimalist forms. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaire-Louise Bennett is a British writer whose fiction and essays have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Her debut book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hachetteindia.com\/Home\/bookdetails\/Info\/9780571386758\/malone-dies\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehachetteindia.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 13, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e208\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeird \u0026amp; Experimental · Modernist Fiction · Absurdist Fiction · Irish Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780571386758\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677887266998,"sku":"9780571386758","price":20.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780571386758.jpg?v=1792423283","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/malone-dies-introduced-by-claire-louise-bennett","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}