Murphy / Samuel Beckett.
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TextPublication details: London : Faber, 2009Description: 208 pISBN: 9780571244584 (pbk.) :; 0571244580 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Social isolation -- Fiction | London (England) -- FictionDDC classification: 823.9'12 Summary: This novel was first published in 1938. Its work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in London, realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor. Murphy's lovestruck fiancé Celia tries with tragic pathos to draw him back, but her attempts are doomed to failure.
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This novel was first published in 1938. Its work-shy eponymous hero, adrift in London, realises that desire can never be satisfied and withdraws from life, in search of stupor. Murphy's lovestruck fiancé Celia tries with tragic pathos to draw him back, but her attempts are doomed to failure.
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