The Cabin by David Mamet

Author:David Mamet [Mamet, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-78751-4
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

THE GOSHAWK

That evening I go to the theater. And, after the theater I am alone.

In my hotel I take off my suit jacket and hang it neatly in the closet.

I set myself up at the desk in the hotel room. I prop my feet up on the desk and lean back. I am going to finish the T. H. White book.

This is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. The prose is hard and clear as a crystal. It is unsentimental, it is simply written, it is a delight and an inspiration. I read for several hours. I get up to open the French windows onto the street. It is now around two in the morning. I order tea and burnt toast from room service.

The tea arrives. It is the middle of the night. I am reading about the training of the goshawk. I am sharing Mr. White’s experiences. I myself now want to capture and train a hawk. I want to live a simple and a pure life. I want to confine myself to the wind and the rain, and make the body and mind of a hawk the complete focus of my existence. However, I will gladly settle for sitting in this hotel room in London with my book and cup of tea.

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