Watt
novel by Beckett
Watt, Absurdist novel by Samuel Beckett, published in 1953. It was written in 1942–44 while Beckett, an early member of the French Resistance, was hiding in southern France from German occupying forces. There is no conventional plot to Watt, nor are there always readily assignable meanings to the characters and events. Moreover, as in Beckett’s earlier fiction, the milieu of Watt remains recognizably Irish, but most of the action takes place in a highly abstract,...
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