An entertaining, touching memoir of antonia frasers life with harold pinter, which began in their 40s when they met and fell madly in love. The memoir, drawn mostly from her diary entries and supplemented by introspective narration, recounts their relationship from initial meeting through romantic affair spanning years in which they encountered literary celebrities including nobel prize. A moving testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages. Reading a memoir that doesnt focus exclusively on tribulations its author has overcome is refreshing. However, i am quite familiar with harold pinter and have been my entire adult life. It may lack sensational revelations but antonia frasers memoir of married life with pinter is eccentric and hilarious, says rachel cooke. She decided to stay and, as she says here, perhaps if she hadnt, their relationship.
Antonia fraser is the author of many internationally bestselling historical works, including love and louis xiv, marie antoinette, which was made into a film by sofia coppola, the wives of henry viii, mary queen of scots, and faith and treason. But i just must say hello to harold pinter and say it was a wonderful play, wonderful actors, youre wonderful blah blah blah, fraser recounts. Must you go is a very intimate journal of her liife with her husband, harold pinter famous playwrite, screenwriter, actor and nobel prize winnerand six children. Must you go my life with harold pinter by antonia fraser. Antonia frasers eulogy to her husband, harold pinter, impresses blake morrison blake morrison fri 15 jan 2010 19. In essence, it is a love story and as with many love stories, the beginning and the end, the first light and the twilight, are dealt with more fully than the high noon in between. Celebrated playwright harold pinter and critically acclaimed biographer antonia fraser lived together from august 1975 until his death thirtythree years later on christmas eve 2008. The subtitle of this wonderful memoir declares its contents. There was a recital about mary queen of scots at the national portrait gallery, based on my book. Based on frasers recollections and the diaries she. My life with harold pinter by antonia fraser hardcover. Fraser first clapped eyes on harold pinter across a crowded restaurant, and she liked what she saw.
Antonia fraser a moving and exquisite testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages. Antonia fraser the subtitle of this wonderful memoir declares its contents. Scopri must you go my life with harold pinter di fraser, lady antonia. His marriage to merchant who modelled herself after beautiful but tragic vivien leigh had been in crisis for a long time, and he was becoming. She has received the wolfson prize for history, the 2000 norton medlicott medal of britains historical association, and the franco. Its a compelling diary of a passionate love affair, marriage, and 40year conversation of two soul mates in the milieu of londons chattering classes. Must you go my life with harold pinter english edition. Both were already married pinter to the actress vivien merchant and fraser to the politician hugh fraser but their union seemed inevitable from the moment they met. I would have found you somehow, pinter told fraser. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read must you go. It is a window into british high society, a glimpse of the inspiration behind some of pinter s finest achievements and a kaleidoscope of historical and personal events.
Must you go my life with harold pinter, by antonia fraser the. My life with harold pinter ebook written by antonia fraser. Instead its a book of glowing fragments, moments culled from ms. Reading the story in must you go my life with harold pinter, which is told through frasers journal and diary entries, is like being a guest at the. When antonia fraser met harold pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was britains finest playwright. On the subject of life with harold, however, frasers memoir is also unremittingly delicious. In this exquisite memoir, antonia fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. Harolds wife vivien merchant took the part of mary, an actor took all the male parts and i read the narrative. Must you go my life with harold pinter antonia fraser on. Based on frasers recollections and the diaries she has kept since october 1968, must you go.
Must you go my life with harold pinter by antonia fraser book. The book is intimate without being confessional, and on certain subjects pinters estrangement from his son, for example, or her childrens initial. Knowing that frasier is an award winning author, i expected more. Its a compelling diary of a passionate love affair, marriage, and 40year conversation of two soul. Lady antonia fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist and nobel prizewinner harold pinter. Pinter and frasier had been living together for about three years by then. The subtitle for this book is my life with harold pinter, so fittingly the diary posts begin with their meeting in 1975 and close when pinters long struggle with cancer ends on christmas eve, 2008. The true love story of lady antonia and her harold.
Antonia fraser interview on must you go, her new book. A moving and exquisite testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages. Leave it at least a year before making big decisions. She allows the reader to come into her home and share her life with her family and friends. My life with harold pinter by antonia fraser in chm, epub, fb2 download ebook. Lady antonia fraserpinter is the author of works of nonfiction and 10 novels. She shares pinters own revelations about his past, as well as observations by his friends. Must you go my life with harold pinter paperback oct. Must you go my life with harold pinter free pdf, chm.
My neighbours richard and viv king offered me a lift up the road. My life with harold pinter by antonia fraser harold. It takes a daring biographer to turn her sharp eye on her own life as antonia fraser does so movingly and beautifully in her memoir must you go. My life with harold pinter was published in january 2010 and she read a shortened version as bbc radio fours book of the week that month. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. As the quality of pinters writing declines, his espousal of extremist leftwing causes takes over. She was giving a recital with pinters then wife, vivien merchant, at the national portrait gallery, based on her bestselling book about mary queen. My life with harold pinter paperback international edition october 4 2011 at the best online prices at. Fraser, being both a wife, and one now cruelly bereft, has. The rest of the book, until his sick, last years, settles into their buoyant high life together.
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