Three Uses of the Knife

Three Uses of the KnifeBy: David Mamet The purpose of theater, like magic, like religion . . . is to inspire cleansing awe. What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet, one of our greatest living playwrights, tackles these questions with bracing directness and aphoristic authority. He believes that the tendency to dramatize is essential to human nature, that we create drama out of everything from

who guides spirits between this world and the next

if they look beyond the Wall Street stock-market propaganda

utterly unique voice of Ann Beattie is so dry it throws off sparks

much like the play 1776

- Years and months

will surprise

這部作品儘管篇幅不長，卻能看出村上小說中長期關注的主題之脈絡。看似可愛小巧的一本書，卻無限輻射延伸出村上的創作歷程與世界觀，從療癒的貓咪、父親的形象，或者對戰爭與人類殘酷黑暗之心的思索，引人想要從頭探索村上歷年來重要的多部作品。

Step 3 Independent readers can learn about Columbus's fateful voyage in this dramatic

Once they've all rolled over

summarizing its biggest ideas and discoveries

she’ll uncover a family history that sheds light on both the missing ingredients and her own problems—and illustrates how the sweet and sour in life often combine to make the most delicious memories

Captain America runs into the nefarious Trapster