Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 1913

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L'Innommable Segment 1913, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 08v)

Mais peut-on savoir, sans y être, sans y vivre, ils appellent ça vivre, l'étincellxe y eux est, pour eux, il n'y a plus que qu'à prêcher dessus, pour qu'elle elle ça finira finisse en torche vivante, hurlements compris.

L'Innommable Segment 1913, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 151)

Mais peut-on savoir, sans y être, sans y vivre, ils appellent ça vivre, l'étincelle y est, pour eux, elle n'a plus qu'à jaillir, il n'y a plus qu'à prêcher dessus, ça finira en torche vivante, hurlements compris.

The Unnamable Segment 1913, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 33r)

Who But who can who hasn't been there, lived there, they call that living, for them the spark is present, ready to burst into flame, all it needs is to be preached upon, to become a living torch, screams included.

The Unnamable Segment 1913, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 84r)

But who can be sure who has not been there, lived there, they call that living, for them the spark is present, ready to burst into flame, all it needs is to be preached preaching on enough, to become a living torch, screams included.

The Unnamable Segment 1913, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 82r)

But who can be sure who has not been there, has not lived there, they call that living, for them the spark is present, ready to burst into flame, all it needs is preaching on, to become a living torch, screams included.

The Unnamable Segment 1913, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 102)

But who can be sure who has not been there, has not lived there, they call that living, for them the spark is present, ready to burst into flame, all it needs is preaching on, to become a living torch, screams included.

L'Innommable Segment 1913, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 123)

Mais peut-on savoir, sans y être, sans y vivre, ils appellent ça vivre, l'étincelle y est, pour eux, elle n'a plus qu'à jaillir, il n'y a plus qu'à prêcher dessus, ça finira en torche vivante, hurlements compris.