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 my life with harold pinter by antonia fraser book. They met, while married to other people, in their mid40s and fell headoverheels in love. Antonia fraser a moving testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages. I rarely choke up over a book or even a movie but i had a lump in my throat at the end of antonia fraser s diary of her years with harold pinter. Dec, 2010 an insightful account of their three decades together, must you go. The subtitle of this wonderful memoir declares its contents.
Mar 03, 2011 buy must you go my life with harold pinter by lady antonia fraser isbn. Reading a memoir that doesnt focus exclusively on tribulations its author has overcome is refreshing. Based on frasers recollections and the diaries she has kept since october 1968, must you go. An entertaining, touching memoir of antonia frasers life with harold pinter, which began in their 40s when they met and fell madly in love. Antonia fraser on reading fast, favourite books and harold. An insightful account of their three decades together, must you go. My life with harold pinter ebook written by antonia fraser. My life with harold pinter, which is told through frasers journal and diary entries, is like being a guest at the most scintillating dinner party you can imagine.
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 paperback once. But the book is in the end not so much a literary memoir as the simplest of. She has written must you go my life with harold pinter, which is to be. The true love story of lady antonia and her harold. The name harold pinter, renowned british playwright, conjures up notions of austerity and menace that emanate from a general impression that his work typically lurches along precipitous beckettian pauses over which characters teeter as on the edge of complete annihilation. Instead its a book of glowing fragments, moments culled from ms. Apr 26, 2011 my life with harold pinter, which is told through fraser s journal and diary entries, is like being a guest at the most scintillating dinner party you can imagine. Harold pinter with lady antonia fraser on their wedding day in 1980 left and shortly before pinters death in 2008.
Jan 16, 2010 s ome years ago i was despatched to interview lady antonia fraser, biographer of mary, queen of scots and wife of harold pinter, then britains most famous living playwright. Must you go my life with harold pinter hardcover kepler. 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. She has received the wolfson prize for history, the 2000 norton medlicott medal of. Must you go my life with harold pinter paperback kepler. The three words that make up the title of antonia frasers fond and affecting new memoir were spoken to her by harold pinter, the playwright. Must you go my life with harold pinter fraser, antonia on. Must you go my life with harold pinter by antonia fraser.
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. Antonia fraser with harold pinter but antonia fraser jumped in immediately after pinter died at the end of 2008 and here is the result, drawn from her diaries but qualified by a. Book tvs peter slen interviewed antonia fraser in london about the political crisis in england in 1832 and the late playwright harold pinter. Harold was a great romantic, as i think people who have read my book are beginning to realize. Harold pinter with lady antonia fraser on their wedding day in 1980 left and shortly before pinter s death in 2008. Antonia fraser and harold pinter were married for 28 years before pinters death in 2009 from cancer. In this exquisite memoir, antonia fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. 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.
My life with harold pinter by fraser, lady antonia at. Antonia frasers eulogy to her husband, harold pinter, impresses blake morrison blake morrison fri 15 jan 2010 19. Lady antonia fraserpinter is the author of works of nonfiction and 10 novels. Home must you go my life with harold pinter hardcover popular preorders. 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. Nov 22, 2015 my life with harold pinter by antonia fraser in chm, epub, fb2 download e book. It may lack sensational revelations but antonia frasers memoir of married life with pinter is eccentric and hilarious, says rachel cooke. Without writing an essay or biography of the two people that this memoir involves, i must say that both lady antonia fraser and harold pinter sound like they would have been excellent friends to have. She is the widow of the 2005 nobel laureate in literature, harold pinter 19302008, and prior to his death was also known as lady antonia pinter. Lady antonia margaret caroline fraser, ch, dbe, frsl nee pakenham. Fraser and pinter wrested an incredible in between out.
A moving and exquisite testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages. Dec 08, 2010 after five years of being together, pinter and fraser were finally able to discuss becoming married, with no thanks to vivien. In 1975, the chattering classes in the englishspeaking world were. Buy must you go my life with harold pinter by lady antonia fraser isbn. He said, you were my destiny and i would have found you somehow. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read must you go. Antonia fraser and harold pinter were married for 28 years before pinter s death in 2009 from cancer. Nov 21, 2010 an entertaining, touching memoir of antonia frasers life with harold pinter, which began in their 40s when they met and fell madly in love. Antonia fraser with harold pinter but antonia fraser jumped in immediately after pinter died at the end of 2008 and here is. Lady antonia fraser pinter is the author of works of nonfiction and 10 novels. Antonia and harold lived together from august, 1975, until. If theres one thing you walk away with after reading antonia frasers memoir must you go, my life with harold pinter, its that she and her second husband harold pinter were deeply in love. Lightly bumpedrubbed many photographic illustrations.
Knowing that frasier is an award winning author, i expected more. Must you go my life with harold pinter hardcover once. Nov 05, 2010 my life with harold pinter, by antonia fraser. But i just must say hello to harold pinter and say it was a wonderful play, wonderful actors, you re wonderful blah blah blah, fraser recounts. Blake morrison is impressed by antonia fraser s eulogy to her husband, harold pinter. After five years of being together, pinter and fraser were finally able to discuss becoming married, with no thanks to vivien.
Oct 29, 2010 the three words that make up the title of antonia frasers fond and affecting new memoir were spoken to her by harold pinter, the playwright, at a party in london in the winter of 1975. Fraser well, harold and i had two different reactions. Lady antonia fraser has written an interesting account of her life with playwright harold pinter. My life with harold pinter, is available in paperback. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. After leaving her husband hugh fraser, with whom she had six children antonia lived with pinter while they waited for their respective divorces to. 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. 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 pinter s long struggle with cancer ends on christmas eve, 2008.
Antonia fraser talks about learning to read fast, editing the pleasure of reading, her favourite childrens books, the book harold pinter kept next to the bed, and alexandre dumas. Oct 04, 2011 lady antonia fraser has written an interesting account of her life with playwright harold pinter. I rarely choke up over a book or even a movie but i had a lump in my throat at the end of antonia frasers diary of her years with harold pinter. Jan 15, 2010 antonia fraser s eulogy to her husband, harold pinter, impresses blake morrison blake morrison fri 15 jan 2010 19. Antonia fraser interview on must you go, her new book. Its an easy to read chronicle diary style of their time together, as interesting for people who pass through their life together simon gray, lauren bacall, princess diana etc. When antonia fraser met harold pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was britains finest playwright. I would have found you somehow, pinter told fraser. My life with harold pinter by antonia fraser in chm, epub, fb2 download ebook. So antonia fraser walked over to see the playwright. A moving testament to one of the literary worlds most celebrated marriages.