'Echo's Bones' was intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-p
iece of his early collection of interrelated stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, pu
blished in 1934. The story was written at the request of the publisher, but was
held back from inclusion in the published volume. 'Echo's Bones' has remained un
published to this day, and the present edition will situate the work in terms of
its biographical context, its intertextual references, and as a vital link in t
he evolution of Beckett's early work.
