Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
Samuel Beckett's trilogy of novels, collected in one volume: Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. Written originally in French and then translated into English, the three books strip narrative down toward pure voice - a wandering, decaying man; a bedridden man telling himself stories as he dies; and finally a disembodied voice unsure whether it exists at all. The prose is bleak, funny, and relentless, more concerned with consciousness and language than with plot. It rewards a club willing to read slowly and talk about what is left when story and body fall away.