The Literature of the Unword

July 24, 2012 § Leave a Comment

Samuel Beckett, letter to Axel Kaun, 9 July 1937

To drill one hole after another into it [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through — I cannot imagine a higher goal for today’s writer.

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