Do you recommend to read his trilogy of novels with no other

Godot, then Proust, then Endgame, then More Pricks than Kicks, then Murphy, then Watt, then Happy Days, then Krapp's last tape, and then the trilogy. After that, read the rest of his drama and fiction.

>>8427163
What do you think of Embers?

>>8427157
>no other books in between
? You'll likely want a rest before the Unnamable at least. If you mean other books of his, there's not much point to not reading those three in order; other than that it doesn't matter.

>>8427179
It's been some time since I last read it/listened to it, but I remember liking it well. Perhaps I should go back to it later.

Mercier and Camier good place to start?

>>8427469
Not really, it will make Godot seem repetitive

>>8427510
Shit, dude. It's cheaper though so I won't change my mind probably :^)

>>8427163
garbage post

just fucking read them however you want OP, it literally does not matter

>>8428212
lmao kys pleb

>>8428219
rofl no you

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>>8428246
DELET THIS

>>8427184
Why? All told, the trilogy is like 500 pages. Just read it straight through. It's much better that way.

>>8428212
>this is how plebs think

let me guess you never actually read anything by beckett

>>8427163
This, it makes The Unnamable far more impactful at the end when he ties a lot of references from his own universe back into one work

>>8427163
Upon further consideration, i would add Not I after Krapp, simply because disembodied voices are something you will encounter in the Trilogy. And also because it is an excellent play, a masterpiece even.

>>8427163
You mean, read all of Proust or just ISOLT (Àlrdtp)?

>>8427510
>it will make Godot seem repetitive
>Godot
>seem repetitive

I see what you did there

>>8428504
Beckett wrote an essay called "Proust", in which he discusses a number of themes that interested him at the time using ISoLT as a basis. Don't quote me on this, but I think he disregarded the essays as juvenile when he got older. Still, it is a fine piece of writing and reveals a lot about Beckett the writer.

And while it is not essential, one should read his essay on Finnegans Wake. Good stuff.

>>8428509
Oh, that was a joke :^)

Also, Texts for Nothing is severely underrated, and his short fiction in general is under-served.

>>8427163
>Godot, then Proust, then Endgame, then More Pricks than Kicks, then Murphy, then Watt, then Happy Days, then Krapp's last tape, and then the trilogy. After that, read the rest of his drama and fiction.

Is there a chart? I need colourful pictures to be able to follow this. Seriously, make a chart, this is non-intuitive.

>>8427157
I read no other works by Beckett before reading the trilogy; it's not an easy read, but it's pretty good all said and done. I may take some advice and re-read it if there's a legitimate reason to.