CBC Radio, Canada, on Pinter

On October 13, 2005, CBC Radio announced the news that Pinter had won the Nobel Prize:

The citation said that in his plays, Pinter "uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms."

This is quite an interesting description of Pinter's work. I might call it apt but I would also call it reductive. As a writer, Pinter is most difficult to slot into any literary schema. He cuts across with ease and is able to create a world that can only be called Pinteresque.