Samuel Beckett is recognized as one of the pivotal geniuses of modern literature. His literary output included novels, stories, poems, and plays, including Waiting for Godot, widely considered one of existentialism's founding texts. This volume, originally published to celebrate the centenary of his birth, brings together his most distinguished poems, such as "Whoroscope," "Echo's Bones," and "Saint-L#65533;"; significant short prose, including "More Pricks Than Kicks," "Dante and the Lobster," and "First Love"; and his critical writings including "Dante . . . Bruno.Vico . . " "Joyce," "Three Dialogues," and "Proust."