{"product_id":"fin-de-partie-samuel-beckett","title":"Endgame, Samuel Beckett","description":"In \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e, there is already this notion of immobility, this notion of burial. The main character is in an armchair, he is infirm and blind, and all the movements he can make are in his wheelchair, pushed by a servant, perhaps an adopted son, who is himself quite ill, unwell, and walks with difficulty. And this old man still has his parents, who are in bins, his father and mother who appear from time to time and have a very charming love dialogue. We see two beings tearing each other apart, playing a game like a chess match, and they score points, one after another, but the one who can move perhaps has a greater chance of getting away, only they are bound, organically, by a kind of tenderness that expresses itself with a lot of hate, sarcasm, and through a whole game. Therefore, in this play — which is at an absolutely direct theatrical level, where there is no immense symbol to search for, where the style is of absolute simplicity —, there is this kind of game they play with each other, and which also ends in an ambiguous way because the derisory suspense of the play, if there is suspense, is this son Clov, will he leave or not? And we don't know until the end. I must also say that it is a comical play. Beckett's exegetes talk about a \"message,\" a kind of thing like that. They forget to mention the main thing, which is that it is something that is a discovery of language, of making a very everyday language explode. There is no contrived literature, absolutely not. Making an everyday language explode where everything is both comical and tragic.","brand":"Éditions de Minuit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53644000100693,"sku":"9782707300706","price":2.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9395\/8741\/files\/9782707300706.jpg?v=1775650475","url":"https:\/\/stanoccasion.com\/en\/products\/fin-de-partie-samuel-beckett","provider":"stan'occasion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}