Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 701

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L'Innommable Segment 701, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 27v)

Mais x avant d'en brosser le portrait, sur pied, il n'en a qu'un, mon prochain représentant en vie existence sera un cul de jatte, c'est décidé, la jatte sur la tête et le cul [] dans la poussière, à même Tellus, aux mille mamelles, c'est plus doux pour plus de douceur.

L'Innommable Segment 701, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 56)

Mais avant d'en brosser le portrait, sur pied, il n'en a plus qu'un, mon prochain représentant en existence sera un cul de jatte, c'est décidé, la jatte sur la tête et le cul dans la poussière, à même Tellus aux mille mamelles, pour plus de douceur.

The Unnamable Segment 701, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 29r)

But before I execute executing his portrait, full length on his one leg surviving leg, I note that my next vice-exister will be a billy in the bowl, and no error, with his bowl on his head and his arse in the dust, plump down on thousand-breasted Tellus, it'll be softer.

The Unnamable Segment 701, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 30r)

But before executing his portrait, full length on his surviving leg, let me note that my next vice-ecxister will be a billy in the bowl, that's final, with his bowl on his head and his arse in the dust, plump down on thousand-breasted Tellus, it'll be softer for him.

The Unnamable Segment 701, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 29r)

But before executing his portrait, full length on his surviving leg, let me note that my next vice-exister will be a billy in the bowl billy in the bowl, that's final, with his bowl on his head and his arse in the dust, plump down on thousand-breasted Tellus, it'll be softer for him.

The Unnamable Segment 701, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 37)

But before executing his portrait, full length on his surviving leg, let me note that my next vice-exister will be a billy in the bowl, that's final, with his bowl on his head and his arse in the dust, plump down on thousand-breasted Tellus, it'll be softer for him.

L'Innommable Segment 701, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 47)

Mais avant d'en brosser le portrait, sur pied, il n'en a plus qu'un, mon prochain représentant en existence sera un cul-de-jatte, c'est décidé, la jatte sur la tête et le cul dans la poussière, à même Tellus aux mille mamelles, pour plus de douceur.