The New Yorker: Fiction

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett

Apr 1, 2023
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Beckett's Condensing
01:38 • 2min
3
The End of a Life
03:11 • 2min
4
The Cabin in a Formless Place
04:41 • 6min
5
The Eye of the Zone of Stones
10:20 • 3min
6
The Importance of Time
13:40 • 5min
7
The Unreasoning Goes
18:10 • 3min
8
The Eye Returns to the Scene of Its Portrayals
20:51 • 5min
9
The Left Hand Lacks Its Third Finger
26:06 • 6min
10
The Sleep of a Lamb
31:53 • 3min
11
The Grizzly Cupboard
34:46 • 4min
12
The Stone That Draws Her When Revealed
38:23 • 6min
13
The Eyes Closed in the Dark
43:56 • 2min
14
The Unbroken Night Universal Stone
46:01 • 6min
15
The Adieu Alone on the Face of the Skull
51:46 • 3min
16
The Last Days of an Old Woman Meeting Her End
54:57 • 2min
17
The Last Days of a Woman
56:43 • 2min
18
Beckett's Theory of Hauntedness
58:44 • 2min
19
The Death of the Soul
01:00:27 • 2min
20
The 12 Guardians
01:02:27 • 2min
21
The Lamb and the 12 Guardians
01:04:20 • 2min
22
The Long Story of a Lone Man on Stage
01:06:02 • 2min
23
The Play of Language
01:08:16 • 2min
24
Beckett's Response to Questions
01:10:09 • 2min
25
The Night Star and the Morning Star
01:11:40 • 2min
26
The Importance of Seeing Life Correctly
01:13:40 • 2min
27
Deborah Samuel Beckett on the Human Condition
01:15:20 • 2min