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3.52 AVERAGE
John's copy. Difficult to visualize. Interesting to look back at late 70s, early 80s. Things have really changed. A lot of profanity (and I'm usually all for it (anyone remember that scene in The Wire?)). Anyway, I was in straight-commission outside sales, but didn't relate that well on their level. Maybe check out the movie. I usually am a big fan of Mamet. This made a big impression on my brother. But it scares him, too.
"برای اینکه من بیشتر داشته باشم تو باید کمتر داشته باشی"
بنابراین آدم فقط در صورت شکست و بدبختی دیگری موفق میشه.
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نمایشنامه تلخ ولی جذابی بود. یک نفس خوندمش. به توصیه محمد آقا ( ادمین گروه کتابخوانی) خودم رو بعنوان تماشاچی تاتر تصور کردم و سعی کردم فاصله نندازم بین صحنه ها :)
درباره جنگ قدرت ، زیرآب زنی و دسیسه چینی در محل کار بود نمایشنامه. البته تحلیل‌های عمیق تری داره که توی مقدمه هم نوشته شده که من حوصله روحیه‌شو ندارم تکرار کنم اینجا.
بخش جذاب: هدیه گرفتمش از هدیه دهنده‌ای باهوش (^.^)
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میخوام یکمم غر بزنم و اینجا ثبت کنم که یادم بمونه درآینده توی همچین روزایی چه حالی داشتم .
مامان بزرگ و آقا جونم مبتلا به کرونا شدن، حال مامان بزرگم بده خیلی ولی بیمارستان بستری نمیکنه‌شون. نمیتونم کاری کنم و دارم دیوونه میشم از بدردنخوریم. برای پدر شاگردم سرطان مثانه تشخیص دادن و من نمیدونم اون بچه چطور میخواد باهاش روبرو بشه. شوهر دوست صمیمی‌م بهش خیانت کرده و ما توی دوراهی گفتن یا نگفتن بهش گیر کردیم، نمیخوایم ماهم خیانت کار باشیم ولی خب... شرایط اقتصادی افتضاح خرابه، چنتا از دوستام بیکار شدن و رسما درامدشون صفر شده. حالا مسائل مربوط به خودم و زندگیم که یه مثنوی میشه بماند...
هیچ امیدی نیست ،هیچ آینده ای رو نمیتونم تصور کنم و میدونم بیشتر شما همینطورید.
کاش میشد مثل نهنگا خودکشی دسته جمعی کرد حداقل
بنابراین آدم فقط در صورت شکست و بدبختی دیگری موفق میشه.
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نمایشنامه تلخ ولی جذابی بود. یک نفس خوندمش. به توصیه محمد آقا ( ادمین گروه کتابخوانی) خودم رو بعنوان تماشاچی تاتر تصور کردم و سعی کردم فاصله نندازم بین صحنه ها :)
درباره جنگ قدرت ، زیرآب زنی و دسیسه چینی در محل کار بود نمایشنامه. البته تحلیل‌های عمیق تری داره که توی مقدمه هم نوشته شده که من حوصله روحیه‌شو ندارم تکرار کنم اینجا.
بخش جذاب: هدیه گرفتمش از هدیه دهنده‌ای باهوش (^.^)
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میخوام یکمم غر بزنم و اینجا ثبت کنم که یادم بمونه درآینده توی همچین روزایی چه حالی داشتم .
مامان بزرگ و آقا جونم مبتلا به کرونا شدن، حال مامان بزرگم بده خیلی ولی بیمارستان بستری نمیکنه‌شون. نمیتونم کاری کنم و دارم دیوونه میشم از بدردنخوریم. برای پدر شاگردم سرطان مثانه تشخیص دادن و من نمیدونم اون بچه چطور میخواد باهاش روبرو بشه. شوهر دوست صمیمی‌م بهش خیانت کرده و ما توی دوراهی گفتن یا نگفتن بهش گیر کردیم، نمیخوایم ماهم خیانت کار باشیم ولی خب... شرایط اقتصادی افتضاح خرابه، چنتا از دوستام بیکار شدن و رسما درامدشون صفر شده. حالا مسائل مربوط به خودم و زندگیم که یه مثنوی میشه بماند...
هیچ امیدی نیست ،هیچ آینده ای رو نمیتونم تصور کنم و میدونم بیشتر شما همینطورید.
کاش میشد مثل نهنگا خودکشی دسته جمعی کرد حداقل
I did not love this play. Maybe after I read it in class, I'll understand it better, but it wasn't what I'm generally into.
This a proper 4.75. I love the way this is written however I think the best way to appreciate this is if it is performed, whether as a play or audiobook. But damn is it fun and crazy and makes you think.
This was really difficult to read just in print with no background, though once I came to understand what was going on and the style in which it was read, I saw the genius of it. I recommend not reading this particular version of the book; try one with annotations or at least an introduction of some kind. Good companion to Death of a Salesman.
Trying to read David Mamet's dialogue is like trying to drink out of a firehose at times.
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DNFd at 50% and sparknoted the rest for school lol.
The Tragedy of the Hustle. Fast talkers, artful profanity, the hard sell. The solemnity of making a whole lot of money and then none at all. The dialogue is really where Mamet hits it out of the park. I don't think this is new ground, exactly, we all read Death of a Salesman in high school. But it's an interesting world to spend some time in.
This was a new experience for me. One of the delightful parts of living in Zürich and not New York City is being able to walk everywhere. Instead of cramming into a dirty/smelly/angry subway car for half an hour each morning, I walk to work along the bikepath next to the Sihl river, watching early morning swimmers and the fog drifting away over the water. This introduced a new "problem," however, on the days that I just couldn't put whatever book I was reading down. I ended up walking and reading a fair number of days, looking up occasionally to get my bearings and avoid errant bicyclists. I walked into a fair number of garbage cans. Finally I said enough is enough and downloaded a couple of audiobooks from the library.
The verdict? It is very nice to walk along to work listening to a good story. But it doesn't feel like "reading" a book. I don't engage with it at the same level. When reading I am often stopped short by those really good sentences, halted in my tracks momentarily while I let it sink in. Audiobooks just sort of wash over me pleasantly. It's hard to let yourself dig into the complexity of a line when you're waiting for the next one.
I think this wasn't the best audiobook starting experience. It was a little hard to keep all the characters straight- their voices were somewhat similar to me, famous or not.
This was a new experience for me. One of the delightful parts of living in Zürich and not New York City is being able to walk everywhere. Instead of cramming into a dirty/smelly/angry subway car for half an hour each morning, I walk to work along the bikepath next to the Sihl river, watching early morning swimmers and the fog drifting away over the water. This introduced a new "problem," however, on the days that I just couldn't put whatever book I was reading down. I ended up walking and reading a fair number of days, looking up occasionally to get my bearings and avoid errant bicyclists. I walked into a fair number of garbage cans. Finally I said enough is enough and downloaded a couple of audiobooks from the library.
The verdict? It is very nice to walk along to work listening to a good story. But it doesn't feel like "reading" a book. I don't engage with it at the same level. When reading I am often stopped short by those really good sentences, halted in my tracks momentarily while I let it sink in. Audiobooks just sort of wash over me pleasantly. It's hard to let yourself dig into the complexity of a line when you're waiting for the next one.
I think this wasn't the best audiobook starting experience. It was a little hard to keep all the characters straight- their voices were somewhat similar to me, famous or not.
the thing about this play is that the story is eh but the dialogue is amazing. and the thing about the dialogue is that the dialogue in the screenplay (also written by Mamet) is even better, so in a rare turn of events this suffers in comparison to the movie. I mean, without Blake there's no "coffee is for closers" aka one of my most oft-used quotes.
as for the story, apparently on the movie set they referred to the film as "death of a fucking salesman" which is very accurate. still, dialogue. & it's a quick read, so. read it, but see the movie too & if you're short on time, just skip to the latter.
as for the story, apparently on the movie set they referred to the film as "death of a fucking salesman" which is very accurate. still, dialogue. & it's a quick read, so. read it, but see the movie too & if you're short on time, just skip to the latter.