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The Homecoming
Harold Pinter
The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter
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Readers have mixed feelings about this play. While many appreciate its absurdity and the dark humor embedded in the characters' interactions, others find it too strange or disturbing. The complexity of themes like family dysfunction resonates, though some struggle with its unconventional narrative style and dialogue.
Absurd and darkly humorous Strong character dynamics Thought-provoking themes Too strange for some Disturbing content may unsettle
Synopsis
An exultant night - a man in total command of his talent.' Observer 'The most intense expression of compressed violence to be found anywhere in Pinter's plays.' The Times
When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in London, he finds his family still living in the house.
In the conflict that follows, it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy.
Publication
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 1991
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised ed.
Pages 160
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780571160808
ISBN-10 0571160808
The Homecoming is a British play written by Harold Pinter and published by Faber & Faber in London (1991).
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