Segunda novela de la trilogía que Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) escribiera después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que abre “Mohillo” y cierra “El innombrable”, publicadas también en esta colección, “Malone muere” mantiene en la indistinción hombres y objetos, subjetividad y exterioridad. En un universo en el que no cabe adivinar las tendencias ni descubrir el sentido no hay pecado, pero tampoco salvación: sólo queda la desesperación cósmica, el horror frente a la existencia, la imposibilidad de superar la soledad. Y ese mundo de impotencia e ignorancia se halla poblado tan sólo de caracteres inmóviles y desnudos que reconocen su existencia, atrapada en un cuerpo en ruinas, mediante el monólogo de la conciencia, cuyos confusos pensamientos y borrosas imágenes se traducen en palabras que, de forma extrañamente caleidoscópica, tratan sin esperanza de fijar la cronología y la identidad de una realidad que se les escapa.

Estarei em breve apesar de tudo completamente morto enfim. Esta primeira frase do livro é a mais interessante, que deixa uma avenida de expectativa sobre o que virá a seguir. Primeiro livro que leio do autor, pretendo ler os outros. Personagens marginais - velhos em asilos ou manicômio, pobres, miseráveis, doentes mentais como são, sem apelar para o melodrama fácil, mas crus e reais, para nos mostrar como somos como sociedade. ( )

OK, this book is good if you just want a break from detailed, up tight writing. Maybe you have a very technical job and you'd like something that breaks all the rules to help your brain unwind at the end of the day. Great.

Other than that, there isn't really anything here. Yes, the confused narrator is a good idea, his constant denying of what he just said, these are good ideas, but it's all empty. Could have been a real step forward in 1951, but this is 2017 and - to me - this has neither effect nor affect.

There are billions of better books.

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A story in a rambling monologue with so much oddness firing inside the mind of a bed ridden man. Perhaps the edge of madness or permanently stuck in that twilight before sleep.

Audible edition ( )

I liked this book. Probably that's for a big part due to the narrator, for the story itself is a bit crazy. A dying man who tells tales, the second book in a short time that covers this topic. I liked it less than The Viper's Tangle, but it still was noce. ( )