Nohow on company ill seen ill said worstward ho three novels samuel beckett nohow on is a collection of three prose pieces by samuel beckett comprising company ill seen ill said and worstward ho it was first published in one volume in 1989 the three pieces that comprise this volume are among the most delicate and disquieting of samuel becketts later prose. Ill seen ill said focuses attention on an old woman in a cabin who is part of the objects landscape rhythms and movements of an incomprehensible universe and in worstward ho beckett explores a tentative uncertain existence in a world devoid of rational meaning and purpose. Nohow on company ill seen ill said worstward ho three novels and its companion volume samuel beckett the complete short prose 1929 1989 assemble virtually all of becketts prose work outside his sequence of major novels molloy malone dies and the unnamable. Nohow on company ill seen ill said worstward ho by samuel beckett 706 ratings 414 average rating 62 reviews nohow on quotes showing 1 4 of 4 you lean back against the door with bowed head making ready to set out