The World of Samuel Beckett 19061946 Author:Lois Gordon Samuel Beckett has long been identified with the debilitated and impotent characters he created. In this provocative book, Lois Gordon offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed, and disturbed. Gordon investigates the first forty years of Beckett`s life and finds that he was, on the co... more »ntrary, a kind and generous man who responded sensitively and even heroically to the world around him.« less