Conversations with Pinter

By Mel Gussow

Book Overview

This book features interviews between author Mel Gussow, a drama critic for the New York Times, and playwright Harold Pinter. The conversations begin in 1971 and continue on to September 1993, and the reader is treated to a insightful and revealing portrait of the famous writer through his own words.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879101792
• ISBN13: 9780879101794
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Limelight
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Illuminating contextualization

In a series of interviews between 1971 and 1993 Gussow (longtime _New York Times_ drama critic, who also coaxed a fascinating set of comments from Tom Stoppard) got Pinter to talk about how he works. Pinter refuses to comment on what his work "means," but is eager to clear the air about misperceptions about himself (such as being in a chronic state of outrage). Pinter comes across as generous as well as politically committed, suspicious of audiences, but grateful to (fellow) actors. And he clearly has a sense of humor (too rarely appreciated in his plays).