A Quote by Franz Wright
Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.
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Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he expressed both in these superb and long-neglected translations for Negro and elsewhere in his work.
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