Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 2231

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L'Innommable Segment 2231, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 51v)

d'ailleurs il ne s'agit pas de parler de moi, il s'agit de parler, il s'agit de ne plus parler, ce léger désarroi me semble de bon augure, il va falloir encore que je trouve un nom à ce dernier subrogé, avec sa tête et les yeux remplie de viles certitudes et ses yeux de poupée, plus tard, plus tard, il faut d'abord le décrire un peu plus longuement, il faut voir ce dont il est capable, d'où il sort, très important, et où il va, dans sa tête bien sûr, nous nous n'allons pas retomber dans le genre picaresque, après avoir tâté des Mahood et autres Worms,

L'Innommable Segment 2231, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 216)

D'ailleurs il ne s'agit pas de parler de moi, il s'agit de parler, il s'agit de ne plus parler, ce léger désarroi me semble de bon augure, il va falloir encore que je trouve un nom à ce dernier subrogé, avec sa tête craquant de viles certitudes et ses yeux de poupée, plus tard, plus tard, il faut d'abord le décrire plus longuement, voir ce dont il est capable, d'où il sort, très important, où il rentre, dans sa tête bien sûr, nous n'allons pas retomber dans le genre picaresque, après avoir tâté de Mahood et autres Worm.

The Unnamable Segment 2231, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-3, f. 24r)

In any case it's not a matter of speaking of me, but of speaking, of speaking no longer, this slight confusion augurs well, now I'll have to find another name for this latest surrogate, with his head splitting with vile certainties and his doll's eyes, later on, later, first I must describe him in more detail, see what he is capable of, whence he comes and whither he returns, in his head of course, we don't intend to relapse into picaresque, after hav with the likes stink of Mahood and Worm still in our nostrils.

The Unnamable Segment 2231, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 121r)

In any case it's not a question of speaking of me, but pof speaking, of speaking no longer more, this slight confusion augurs well, now I'll have to find a name for this latest surrogate, with his head burst splitting with vile certainties and his doll's eyes, later on, later on, first I must descrivbe him in more detail, see what he is capable of, whence he comes and whithe he returns, in his head of course, we don't intend to relapse into picaresque, with the stink of Mahood and Worm still in our nostrils.

The Unnamable Segment 2231, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 117r)

In any case it's not a question of speaking of me, but of speaking, of speaking no more, this slight confusion augurs well, now I'll have to find a name for this latest surrogate, with his head splitting with vile certainties and his doll's eyes, later on, later on, first I must describe him in more detail, lo see what he is capable of, whence he comes and whither he returns, in his head of course, we don't intend to relapse into picaresque, with the stink of Mahood and Worm still in our nostrils.

The Unnamable Segment 2231, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 147)

In any case it's not a question of speaking of me, but of speaking, of speaking no more, this slight confusion augurs well, now I'll have to find a name for this latest surrogate, his head splitting with vile certainties and his doll's eyes, later on, later on, first I must describe him in greater detail, see what he's capable of, whence he comes and whither he returns, in his head of course, we don't intend to relapse into picaresque, with the stink of Mahood and Worm still in our nostrils.

L'Innommable Segment 2231, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 176)

D'ailleurs il ne s'agit pas de parler de moi, il s'agit de parler, il s'agit de ne plus parler, ce léger désarroi me semble de bon augure, il va falloir encore que je trouve un nom à ce dernier subrogé, avec sa tête craquant de viles certitudes et ses yeux de poupée, plus tard, plus tard, il faut d'abord le décrire plus longuement, voir ce dont il est capable, d'où il sort, très important, où il rentre, dans sa tête bien sûr, nous n'allons pas retomber dans le genre picaresque, après avoir tâté de Mahood et autres Worm.