Echo's Bones

"A vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work."

Originally intended as the "recessional" or final piece to Samuel Beckett's 1934 short story collection More Pricks Than Kicks, Echo's Bones was written at the specific request of his publisher. However, it was ultimately held back and has remained a legendary, unpublished fragment of the Beckett canon—until now.

This definitive edition finally brings the story to light, following the protagonist Belacqua Shuah into a surreal, purgatorial afterlife. More than just a literary curiosity, the text is a bridge between Beckett's early, exuberant prose and the minimalist mastery of his later masterpieces.

Edited by Mark Nixon, Director of the Beckett International Foundation, this volume provides essential biographical context and unpicks the dense web of intertextual references that define Beckett's intellectual landscape. It is an indispensable addition to the library of any Beckett scholar or dedicated fan of 20th-century modernism.