The Dwarfs: A Novel (Pinter, Harold)

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originally Written In 1950, Then Revised And First Published In 1992, the Dwarfs Is Harold Pinter's Only Novel. Set In Postwar Britain, the Dwarfs Describes The Intertwined Lives And Concerns Of Four Young Londoners: Len, Working At The Euston Train Station But Fascinated By Abstract Mathematics; Mark, A Sometime Actor; And Virginia And Pete, A Young Couple Trying To Define Their Relationship Amid The Powerful, Sometimes Destructive Forces At Work Among The Four. In The Evolution Of This Quadrilateral Friendship And The Strains It Creates, Harold Pinter Explores How Ordinary Lives Are Molded By The Limitations And Boundaries Of Sexuality, Intimacy, And Mortality. It Is A World Populated By Dwarfs — Young People Who Have Departed, Only To Leave Emptiness.

funny, Vivid, And Haunting, the Dwarfs Is A Brilliantly Intriguing And Chillingly Perceptive Novel By A Writer Whose Imagination Has Shaped Our Lives.

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british Playwright Pinter's Semi-absurdist Novel Of Stunted Lives In 1950s London Is A Story Of Friendship, Love And Betrayal. As In His Plays, The Characters Often Talk Past One Another Into An Existential Void. The Precarious Equilibrium Of A Trio Of Male Friends Is Disrupted When One Of Them, Pete, Falls In Love With Virginia. He Puts Her On A Pedestal Or, Alternately, Treats Her As A Slut Or Boyish Pal. Advising Him Are Mark, A Frustrated Actor Who Blithely Accepts That ``everything's A Calamity,'' And Len, Who Escapes His Dull Job In A Train Station Through Abstract Mathematics And Playing Violin To His Cat. Written In The Early 1950s, Pinter's Only Novel Was The Genesis For His Play Of The Same Title; Revised In 1989, The Work Is Being Published For The First Time (had It Been Issued Earlier, It Would Not Have Made His Reputation). As The Foursome Oscillates Between Mistrust And Communion, The Dialogue Veers From Minimalist Chatter To Booming Shakespearean Eloquence, With An Occasional Glowing Line And Lambent Lyricism Relieving Long Stretches Of Soul-searching Angst. (nov.)

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