Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable
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Synoptic Sentence View: Sentence 2316

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L'Innommable Segment 2316, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 62v)

Cette voix est mon le monde, [] [] je ne m'y retrouverai pas, je ne m'y xxxerai pas, elle elle ne me laisse pas de repos, cette voix est moi, il n'y a qu'elle, que cette errance de mot en mot et ce lent tourbillon sans bornes on oublie, il n'y a qu'une voix. Errance de mot en mot, lent tourbillon sans bornes, il le faut, quoi encore, des jugements, des comparaisons, ça vaut mieux que de rire, tout aide, ne peut qu'aider, à franchir la mauvaise passe, qu'est-ce qu'il faut entendre, quelle mauvaise passe, ce n'est pas moi qui parle, est-ce moi qui entends, passons, faisons comme si j'étais seul au monde, alors que je suis le seul absent, ou avec d'autres, [] qu'est-ce que ça change, d'autres présents, d'autres absents, ils ne sont pas obligés de se montrer, il n'y a qu'à errer et à laisser errer, de mot en mot, qu'à laisser dire, impossible de l'empêcher, que quelqu'un parle, que quelqu'un entende qu'à être ce lent tourbillon sans bornes et chacune de ses poussières, c'est impossible.

L'Innommable Segment 2316, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 235)

Quoi encore, des jugements, des comparaisons, ça vaut mieux que de rire, tout aide, ne peut qu'aider, à franchir la mauvaise passe, qu'est-ce qu'il faut entendre, quelle mauvaise passe, ce n'est pas moi qui parle, est-ce moi qui entends, passons, faisons comme si j'étais seul au monde, alors que j'en suis le seul absent, ou avec d'autres, qu'est-ce que ça change, d'autres présents, d'autres absents, ils ne sont pas obligés de se montrer, il n'y a qu'à errer et à laisser errer, de mot en mot, qu'à être ce lent tourbillon sans bornes et chacune de ses poussières, c'est impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-3, f. 36r)

What else, judgements opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, what pretty pass the things one has to listen to, what pretty pass, it's not I am speaking it is not I who speak, is it I who hear, let's not go into that, go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does that make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves known, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlw whirlwind and each one of its particles of dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. EXTRACT2-02r)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is not I who speaking, is it I who hearing, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlwind and each par particle of its its its dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 5 (MS-HRC-TQ-2-18-1, f. 02r)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is not I who speak, is it I who hear, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, orr with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make them-selves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlwind and each par particle of it's dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 6 (MS-HRC-TQ-2-18-2, f. 04r)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all []

[/] helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is not I who speak, is it I who hear, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlwind and each particle of its dust, it's impossible,.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 7 (MS-HRC-TQ-2-18-3, f. 02r)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is not I who speak, is it I who hear, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlwind and each particle of its dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 8 (Texas Quarterly, p. 130)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything better than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is not I who speak, is it I who hear, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, from word to word, be this slow boundless whirlwind and each particle of its dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 9 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 127r)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything rather than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it is it's not I speaking, it is it's not I hearing, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were [|] the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, be this slow boundless whirlpool whirlwind and every particle of it's its dust, it's impossible.

The Unnamable Segment 2316, version 10 (Grove Press 1958, p. 160)

What else, opinions, comparisons, anything rather than laughter, all helps, can't help helping, to get you over the pretty pass, the things you have to listen to, what pretty pass, it's not I speaking, it's not I hearing, let us not go into that, let us go on as if I were the only one in the world, whereas I'm the only one absent from it, or with others, what difference does it make, others present, others absent, they are not obliged to make themselves manifest, all that is needed is to wander and let wander, be this slow boundless whirlwind and every particle of its dust, it's impossible.

L'Innommable Segment 2316, version 11 (Minuit 1971, p. 191)

Quoi encore, des jugements, des comparaisons, ça vaut mieux que de rire, tout aide, ne peut qu'aider, à franchir la mauvaise passe, qu'est-ce qu'il faut entendre, quelle mauvaise passe, ce n'est pas moi qui parle, est-ce moi qui entends, passons, faisons comme si j'étais seul au monde, alors que j'en suis le seul absent, ou avec d'autres, qu'est-ce que ça change, d'autres présents, d'autres absents, ils ne sont pas obligés de se montrer, il n'y a qu'à errer et à laisser errer, de mot en mot, qu'à être ce lent tourbillon sans bornes et chacune de ses poussières, c'est impossible.