Samuel Beckett
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 2099

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L'Innommable Segment 2099, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 21v)

Mais quelle est cette histoire de ne pas pouvoir mourir, vivre, naître, bouger quoi, ça doit jouer un rôle, cette histoire de rester là où l'on se trouve, mourant, vivant, à venir naissant, coincé sans pouvoir avancer, ni reculer, ni savoir ignorant d'où l' on vient, nil'on va, est, nil'on va, et qu'il soit possible d'être ailleurs, ou autrement, sans rien supposer, rien se demander, car on es ne peut pas, on est là, on ne sait qui, on ne sait où, la chose reste là, rien ne change, en elle, autour d'elle, apparemment, apparemment.

L'Innommable Segment 2099, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 170)

Mais quelle est cette histoire de ne pouvoir mourir, vivre, naître, ça doit jouer un rôle, cette histoire de rester là où l'on se trouve, mourant, vivant, naissant, sans pouvoir avancer, ni reculer, ignorant d'où on vient, où on est, où on va, et qu'il soit possible d'être ailleurs, d'être autrement, sans rien supposer, rien se demander, on ne peut pas, on est là, on ne sait qui, on ne sait où, la chose reste là, rien ne change, en elle, autour d'elle, apparemment, apparemment.

The Unnamable Segment 2099, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-2, f. 44r)

But what is this business about not being able to die, live, be born, that must xx have some significance, this business about staying where you are, dying, living, being b being born, unable to go forward, or back, x not knowing where you came from, where you are, where you're going, or that it's possible, to be elsewhere, or otherwise, be otherwise to be otherwise, supposing nothing, asking yourself nothing, you can't, you are there, who you don't know, where you don't know, the thing stays where it is, nothing changes, in it, about it, apparently, apparently.

The Unnamable Segment 2099, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 94r)

But what is what's all this business abotut not being able to die, live, be born, that must have some bearing, this business about staying where you are, dying, living, being born, unable to go forward or back, not knowing where you came from, or where you are, or where you're going, and or that it's ^possible to be elsewhere, to be otherwise, supposing nothing, asking yourself nothing, you can't, you are 're there, who you don't know who, where you don't know [] where, the thing stays where it is, nothing changes it, within in, about it, apparently, apparently.

The Unnamable Segment 2099, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 93r)

But what's all this this about not being able to die, live, be born, that must have some bearing, all this about staying where you are, dying, living, being born, unable to go forxward or back, not knowing where you came from, or where you are, or where you're going, or that it's possible to be elsewhere, to be otherwise, supposing nothing, asking yourself nothing, you can't, you're there, you don't know who, you don't know where, the thing stays where it is, nothing changes, within in[ it?], outseide it, apparently, apparently.

The Unnamable Segment 2099, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 116)

But what's all this about not being able to die, live, be born, that must have some bearing, all this about staying where you are, dying, living, being born, unable to go forward or back, not knowing where you came from, or where you are, or where you're going, or that it's possible to be elsewhere, to be otherwise, supposing nothing, asking yourself nothing, you can't, you're there, you don't know who, you don't know where, the thing stays where it is, nothing changes, within it, outside it, apparently, apparently.

L'Innommable Segment 2099, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 139)

Mais quelle est cette histoire de ne pouvoir mourir, vivre, naître, ça doit jouer un rôle, cette histoire de rester là où l'on se trouve, mourant, vivant, naissant, sans pouvoir avancer, ni reculer, ignorant d'où on vient, où on est, où on va, et qu'il soit possible d'être ailleurs, d'être autrement, sans rien supposer, rien se demander, on ne peut pas, on est là, on ne sait qui, on ne sait où, la chose reste là, rien ne change, en elle, autour d'elle, apparemment, apparemment.