Based on the diaries she kept during her 33-year relationship with the dramatist, it is simultaneously a love story, an intimate portrait of a great writer and an exercise in self-revelation." - The Guardian (UK) " Must You Go? is extraordinary by any standards.
It is an intimate account of the life and habits of a major artist it is a pencil sketch of British high society in the second half of the 20th century and it is, more than either of these things, and much more unusually, a wonderfully full description of the deep pleasures and comforts of married love." - Spectator (UK) "This book full of funny and tender things satisfies on more than one level. "A moving compilation of diary entries written during the course of an artistically fruitful three-decade partnership.A devoted, respectful tribute." - Kirkus Reviews "This is a wonderful testament to romance, love, shared humor, and true partnership." - Library Journal This is Antonia Fraser's uniquely compelling way of doing so. "O! call back yesterday, bid time return," cries one of the courtiers to Richard II.
Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser lived together from August 1975 until his death thirty-three years later. Fraser's diaries-written by a biographer living with a creative artist and observing the process firsthand-also provide a unique insight into his writing. She shares Pinter's own revelations about his past, as well as observations by his friends. Must You Go? is based on Fraser's recollections and on the diaries she has kept since October 1968. Over the years, they experienced much joy, a shared devotion to their work, crises and laughter, and, in the end, great courage and love as Pinter battled the illness to which he eventually succumbed on Christmas Eve 2008. In essence, it is a love story and a marvelously insightful account of their years together, beginning with their initial meeting when Fraser was the wife of a member of Parliament and mother of six, and Pinter was married to a distinguished actress. In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist Harold Pinter.
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