Waiting for godot faber and faber7/4/2023 ![]() On Waiting explores such and similar questions in compelling fashion. ![]() But do we know what the checking of one's watch and pacing back and forth is really all about? What is the relationship between waiting and time? Is there an ethics of waiting, or even an art of waiting? Do the internet, online shopping and text messaging mean that waiting has come to an end? Penelope waits by her loom for Odysseus, Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, all of us have to wait: for buses, phone calls and the kettle to boil. The book is astonishingly erudite, but wears this learning so lightly and so charmingly that it is both easy and gripping to read.' Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London Not only is it clear and informative but also by turns witty, melancholic and insightful. ![]() 'This is a quite remarkable book, a pleasure to read. ![]()
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