
This evening marks the Parisian launch of Volume I of The Letters of Samuel Beckett by two of the associate editors George Craig and Dan Gunn. Written between 1929 and 1940, these letters provide a vivid and personal view of Western Europe during the thirties. This first volume is also marked by the gradual emergence of Beckett's unique voice and sensibility, against his own hesitations and the indifference or hostility of others.