Samuel Beckett
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1545

Versions

L'Innommable Segment 1545, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 67v)

Celui qui, à forcer force de vouloir qu'à force de vouloir penser qui s'ignore et se tait, qui est celui qui s'ignore et se tait, et n'ayant pu être ne s'y efforce essaie plus.

L'Innommable Segment 1545, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 122)

Celui qui s'ignore et se tait, ce qu'ignorant il tait, et n'ayant pu être ne s'y efforce plus.

The Unnamable Segment 1545, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 18r)

The one x ignorant of himself and silent The one who in speechless ignorance of himself, ignorant of his silence and silent, who could not be and gave up trying.

The Unnamable Segment 1545, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 67r)

The one ignorant of himself and silent, ignorant of his silence and silent, who could not be and gave up trying.

The Unnamable Segment 1545, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 67r)

The one ignorant of himself and silent, ignorant of his silence and silent, who could not be and gave up trying.

The Unnamable Segment 1545, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 83)

The one ignorant of himself and silent, ignorant of his silence and silent, who could not be and gave up trying.

L'Innommable Segment 1545, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 100)

Celui qui s'ignore et se tait, ce qu'ignorant il tait, et n'ayant pu être ne s'y efforce plus.