he wrote ā€œrosencrantz and guildenstern are deadā€ and ive read his play ā€œArcadiaā€ more times than I can count If you’re feeling like a weird trip, Eugene Ionesco. ā€œRhinocerosā€ is the most famous and one of the longest but the short ones are weirder and more absurd I legally have to rec Samuel Beckett, subject of my undergrad lit thesis. Obviously there’s ā€œwaiting for godotā€ but I wrote about (and so am more fond of) ā€œKrapp’s last tapeā€. you’ll have existential ennui for weeks.
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Oh yeah, Godot! That was a fun read too! I will be writing these all down, thank you!! āœāœ
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