Dante and the Lobster

Well, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all.

It is not.

'Dante and the Lobster' is the first of the linked short stories in Samuel Beckett's first book, More Pricks Than Kicks. Published in 1934, its style was recognisably indebted to that of his mentor, James Joyce, and crammed with linguistic texture and allusion that Beckett later shed. The book baffled many critics and sold so few copies that several batches were pulped.

Decades later, this story was hailed as the Nobel Prize-winner's earliest important work.

Ei bine, s-a gandit Belacqua, este o moarte rapida, Dumnezeu sa ne ajute pe toti. Nu este asa. „Dante si homarul” este prima dintre nuvelele legate de prima carte a lui Samuel Beckett, Mai multe pricks than Kicks. Publicat in 1934, stilul sau era indatorat in mod recunoscut de cel al mentorului sau, James Joyce, si indesat de textura lingvistica si aluzii pe care Beckett le-a aruncat mai tarziu.