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Title: South of the Northeast Kingdom (National Geographic Directions) by David Mamet ISBN: 0-7922-6960-8 Publisher: National Geographic Society Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Part of a Very Good Series
Comment: I spent several years in Vermont and still go back as often as I can. Mamet captures much of the simple magic about the state and its people. The chapters are disconnected fragments, but that is fine. The impressions combine to give a good picture of life in this curiously unspoiled place.
I have read 3 volumes in this National Geographic Discoveries series and have just ordered 3 more. They are short, insightful and written by some of the best writers out there. The whole series is worth a careful look. If they sold them on subscription, I would sign up. Someone good is doing the commisioning here.
Rating: 4
Summary: Poetic meditations on a region and a way of life...
Comment: I live just north of Mamet's hometown of Cabot, Vermont, and know many of the places and some of the people in the book (I've never met Mamet himself). For most of us who live in or close to the Northeast Kingdom, it is a beautiful, but gritty place to make a go of it. There is much to exult about and much to damn. Mamet's take is mostly dead on. While some of the book romanticizes life here, other passages criticize both himself (directly) and others (obliquely). I found myself agreeing with much of his analysis and many of his honest portrayals. Those inhabiting the right fringe of the political spectrum might find some of Mamet's opinions distasteful, but they have it coming.
Although the word "vide" was used too often, I like a book that stretches one's vocabulary. Keep a dictionary close by if you buy this book. I also like a book whose whole is greater than the sum of the parts and that reads, at times, like poetry. The evocative black and white photos help capture this unique vision of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. I look forward to rereading this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Another vanity heard from
Comment: "Aren't those Vermonters cute ?" "Aren't I profound ?" This collections of anecdotes, snippets, and name dropping sure doesn't sound like the people of Cabot, Vt., that I know. In Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire of the Vanities', Wolfe left out writers. Keep watch on Mamet. If this book really expresses his thoughts, he should self-ignite soon.
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Title: Southwestern Homelands (National Geographic Directions) by William Kittredge ISBN: 0792265343 Publisher: National Geographic Society Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: A Writer's House in Wales (National Geographic Directions) by Jan Morris ISBN: 0792265238 Publisher: National Geographic Society Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Writing in Restaurants by David Mamet ISBN: 0140089810 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Cryptogram by David Mamet ISBN: 0679746536 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Cabin: Reminiscence and Diversions by David Mamet ISBN: 0679747206 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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