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1、MALONEDIESOtherWorksbySamuelBeckettPublishedbyGrovePressEndgameHappyDaysKrapp'sLastTapeandOtherDramaticPiecesMaloneDiesMolloyMurphyProustTheUnnamableWaitingforGodotWattMolloy/MaioneDies/TheUnnamable(inonevolume)SAMUELBECKETTMALONEDIESanoveltranslatedfromtheFr
2、enchbytheauthorGROVEPRESS,INC.NEWYORKCopyright©1956,byGrovePressFirstGrovePressEdition1956SeventhPrintingLibraryofCongressCatalogueCardNumber:56-8440ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaMALONEDIESlfSHALLSOONBEQUITEDEADATLASTINSPITEOFALL.PER-11hapsnextmonth.T
3、henitwillbethemonthofAprilorofMay.Fortheyearisstillyoung,athousandlittlesignstellmeso.PerhapsIamwrong,perhapsIshallsurviveSaintJohntheBaptist'sDayahdeventheFourteenthofJuly,festivaloffreedom.IndeedIwouldnotputitpastmetopantontotheTransfiguration,nottospeakoft
4、heAssumption.ButIdonotthinkso,IdonotthinkIamwronginsayingthattheserejoicingswilltakeplaceinmyabsence,thisyear.Ihavethatfeeling,Ihavehaditnowforsomedays,andIcreditit.ButinwhatdoesitdifferfromthosethathaveabusedmeeversinceIwasborn?No,thatisthekindofbaitIdonotri
5、setoanymore,myneedforprettinessisgone.Icoulddieto-day,ifIwished,merelybymakingalittleeffort,ifIcouldwish,ifIcouldmakeaneffort.Butitisjustaswelltoletmyselfdie,quietly,withoutrushingthings.Somethingmusthavechanged.Iwillnotweighuponthebalanceanymore,onewayortheo
6、ther.Ishallbeneutralandinert.Nodifficultythere.Throesaretheonlytrouble,Imustbeonmyguardagainstthroes.ButIamlessgiventothemnow,sincecominghere.OfcourseIstillhavemylittlefitsofimpatience,fromtimetotime,Imustbeonmyguardagainstthem,forthenextfortnightorthreeweeks
7、.Withoutexaggerationtobesure,quietlycryingandlaughing,withoutworkingmyselfupintoastate.Yes,Ishallbenaturalatlast,Ishallsuffermore,thenless,withoutdrawinganyconclusions,Ishallpaylessheedtomyself,Ishallbeneitherhotnorcoldanymore,Ishallbetepid,Ishalldietepid,wit
8、houtenthusiasm.Ishallnotwatchmyselfdie,thatwould1spoileverything.HaveIwatchedmyselflive?HaveIevercomplained?Thenwhyrejoicenow?Iamcontent,necessariJy,butnottothepointofclappingmyhands.Iwas