num_pages: 192
description: Ficiton. MURPHY, when first published in 1938, was Beckett's first novel and third work of ficiton. Very Irish in the post-Joycean tradition, it nevertheless was the beginning of a new form of literary expression as some discerning critics recognized at the time, drawing heavily on the author's time spent in London as a young man, and especially on his experiences as a male nurse. It has for many years been one of the most popular novels of one of the most seminal figures of the twentieth century. There's a sort of comfort in the dry, bare, language, in the spooky imagery and the incantatory repetitions... -- Howard Kinlay.
language: English
title: Murphy
titlecomplete: Murphy (Calder Modern Classics)
characters: Celia Kelly, Miss Carridge, Miss Counihan, Neary, Mr. Endon, Willoughby Kelly, Timothy "Bom" Clinch, Austin Ticklepenny, Mr. Quigley, Miss Dwyer, Ariadne Cox Neary, Dr. Angus Killiecrankie, Vera the waitress, Murphy (Murphy), Thomas "Bim" Clinch, Needle Wylie, Nelly Dew, "Bum" Clinch, Rosie Dew, Cooper (Murphy)
genres: 20th Century, Ireland, Nobel Prize, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Irish Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 5739
places: London, England
publisher: Riverrun Press (New York, NY)