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> [Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he expressed both in these superb and long-neglected translations for Negro and elsewhere in his work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/opens-up-a-whole-new-view-of-beckett-the-strong-mutual-attraction/)

Barney Rosset

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> [Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence, being a very good analyst of how terrible and monstrous American culture was. That they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/waiting-for-godot-was-not-allowed-neither-was-henry-miller-the/)

Barney Rosset

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## Other authors on Beckett

## More by Barney Rosset

> [Opens up a whole new view of Beckett. The strong mutual attraction between Beckett and Cunard may help explain the leftist political views he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/opens-up-a-whole-new-view-of-beckett-the-strong-mutual-attraction/)

Barney Rosset

> [If you have freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/if-you-have-freedom-of-speech-you-have-freedom-of-speech/)

Barney Rosset

> [We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/we-thought-a-magazine-even-a-self-proclaimed-literary-review-had-to/)

Barney Rosset

> [Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-rosset/waiting-for-godot-was-not-allowed-neither-was-henry-miller-the/)

Barney Rosset

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