ハロルド・ピンターにノーベル文学賞

GuardianにPinterのインタビューがあった．
'They said you've a call from the Nobel committee. I said, why?' | UK news | The Guardian

"I heard the news of the prize at 20 to 12 this morning, only 20 minutes before the official announcement. It had never occurred to me that I was a contender. They called me and said you're going to receive a call from the chairman of the Nobel committee and I think I said 'why?'. The chairman said 'You've won the Nobel Prize for Literature.' I was speechless and remained so for another couple of minutes. But I was very moved by this even though I hadn't really taken it in. Why they've given me this prize I don't know.

冒頭を読むだけでも喜びと驚きが伝わってきます．

はるか昔、おもしろい作品はないかとイギリス人に聞いたところ貸してくれたのがハロルド・ピンターの作品だった．
当時『The Caretaker』を読み、詳細は忘れてしまったけれどその不条理な世界だけは強烈に印象に残っていた．
あれから何度ももう一度読もうと思い、図書館に行くたびに探していたのだけれど、結局一度も読むチャンスがなかった．ノーベル賞を取ったということで手に入りやすくなるといいんだけど．
とりあえずぐずぐずしてないでペーパーバックでも探してみよう．

えー、簡単に見つかりました．買うかどうかどうしましょ．

The Caretaker

参考：www.haroldpinter.org - Home