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Make-believe town : essays and remembrances

authorship
David Mamet
Book
in the image
David Mamet
Date
1996
register number
R 2093
Idiomes
Anglès
place
Boston
description
Resum: "Make-Believe Town brings together David Mamet's acute insights into everyday life, the arts, and politics. These pieces evidence Mamet's love of language, particularly the introductory essay, "Eight Kings," which celebrates the private languages of carpenters, carnival workers, and all crafts and trades, and "The Northern Novel," which propounds Mamet's affection for the line of American fiction exemplified by Willa". Conté: Eight Kings -- Gems from a Gambler's Bookshelf -- Sex Camp -- Memories of Off Broadway -- Homespun Fop -- Girl Copy -- Greg Mosher -- Delsomma's -- The Diner -- The Northern Novel -- Deer Hunting -- Between Men and Women -- The Screenplay -- "It's Necessary for the Scene" -- The Jew for Expert -- Art as a Helping Profession -- Demagoguery -- Self-Help -- The Recrudescence of the Swimming-Pool Joke -- Cleansed by Death -- Make-Believe Town -- Memory -- Minority Rights -- In Every Generation.