Dear Mr. Beckett: Letters from the Publisher (eBook)

Preface by Paul Auster *; Foreword by Edward BeckettEdited by Lois Oppenheim *; Curated by Astrid Myers Rosset';You know, Barney, I think my writing days are over ' Beckett writes in 1954 awhen most of his output was still ahead of him.a And later, ';Sick of all this old vomit and despair more and more of ever being able to puke again. In a world where writers switch publishers at the first shake of a martini pitcher, our trans-Atlantic communications seemed to float on a sea of tranquility and trust.' from Dear Mr. BeckettThrough letters, contracts, photos, interviews, speeches, reviews and memorabilia most of which has never before been made public a rare personal and professional friendship unfolds between these two oddly shy daredevils; through their embrace, they shifted and turned the tide of literature in America.Among the many never before published entries:*; Beckett's discussion about acting with his long time director, Alan Schneider, as they huddled with Barney Rosset in his East Hampton quonset hut about their upcoming rehearsal with Buster Keaton.*; Susan Sontag correspondence on her Godot production in Sarajevo.*; The comprehensive Endgame file about the controversial production in Cambridge Mass which proceeded against Beckett's wishes.*; Interviews with Eugene Ionesco and Alain Robbe-Grillet about Beckett and Rosset and the Absurdists.*; Estelle Parsons correspondence with Beckett about the actress's proposal to perform Godot with Shelley Winters on Broadway.*; Comprehensive file on the genesis and development of Beckett's Rockaby with Billie Whitelaw.*; Comprehensive file on Rosset's termination from Grove, the press he founded and championed.