Pinter's World: Pinter and Company is not a full-scale biography
but a series of illuminating chapters about Pinter's life,
character, and thought, employing new information found in his
"Appointment Diaries," recent biographical sources such as Simon
Gray's memoirs, and Henry Woolf's reminiscences in addition to
personal discussions with several in Pinter's world. This book
provides a fresh illumination of Pinter's life and art, his
friendships, obsessions, and concerns.Material is arranged around
themes, key concerns, Pinter's activities. Pinter's meetings and
endeavors, for instance, with whom he met and when, when he wrote
what and when, and his perspective at the time are documented. This
work explores Pinter's writing: drama, poetry, prose, journalism,
and letters, which are here regarded as part of his aesthetic
achievement. Pinter's World: Pinter and Company presents a
pointillist portrait of him through examining central concerns in
his life. These encompass an obsession with the theater and games;
delight in restaurants, demonstrating that Pinter is far removed
from the socially awkward isolated figures populating his early
work; and the women in Pinter's world. Other areas examined include
Pinter's political engagement, from his adolescence to his last
years, and the literary and other creative influences upon him.
This work draws upon consultation of his papers at the British
Library, including letters to others, especially close friends with
whom he kept close contact for over half a century. These letters
should be regarded on par with his other creative accomplishments.
Pinter was a fascinating letter writer, whose letters reveal
thoughts at the time of writing often in abrupt most colorful
idiomatic language. His "Appointment Diaries" cannot reveal what
actually occurred during his meetings, but they do provide a guide
to what he did on a daily basis and whom he met. Memories from his
friends, his professional colleagues, cricket players, and his
second wife, Antonia Fraser, illuminate Pinter's personality and
actions. Pinter's first literary love was poetry and, unlike most
other Pinter studies, this one gives attention to his neglected
poetic output that often reveals the real Pinter and the enigma
that is at the heart of every great artist.
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