{"product_id":"coffey-michael-beckett-3pb","title":"[09\/22\/26] Coffey, Michael: Beckett's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eOR Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 22, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere literary criticism meets memoir, Beckett's Children explores how absence, lineage, and loss echo across art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeckett's Children\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical blend of personal memoir, father-son dialogue, and literary investigation that probes the works of Irish writer Samuel Beckett and American poet Susan Howe in search of traces of their long-rumored status as father and daughter. Although Howe has denied the rumor, the possibility that it might be true leads Coffey to a highly original appreciation of her work and a fascinating focus on the dozens of unattended children who wander through Beckett's oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe saga of Coffey's adult son, at various moments on the run in the Indiana woods, is here tragically updated in a visceral and moving Afterword, shining a harsh light on life without parental connection in a cold America. As an adoptee himself, Coffey looks to literature for traces of his own origin story and lineage, as he mourns the loss of his son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvocative and beautifully expressed, \u003cem\u003eBeckett's Children\u003c\/em\u003e suggests a new approach to the textual worlds of two highly respected artists, providing a revelatory perspective on both American poetics and the vibrant world of Beckett studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118186553367,"sku":"9781682195239","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/51ipZY8heKL._SL1280.jpg?v=1780698423","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/coffey-michael-beckett-3pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}