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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780679745655 |
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This
is my author fantasy: me, Truman Capote, a front porch on a summer afternoon
that stretches lazily into evening, and of course, mint juleps. I can't think
of anyone else whose stories I'd rather hear told. Word for word, measure for
measure, he's got the gift. Holly Golightly is one of the most charming, vexing,
brilliantly created characters in American fiction. This novel is to be cherished.
Maybe you've seen the movie, but if you haven't experienced the lushness and
vitality of Capote's prose, his knock-your-socks-off characterization, then
you ain't seen nothin' yet. And while the spirit of the film is much the same,
there are subleties and complexities which make the book far richer. Also included
in this edition are three stories, one of which is a favorite of mine, A
Christmas Memory: and what a blessing it is.
Recommended by Rebecca
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Sarah Knowles, August 30, 2006 (view all comments by Sarah Knowles)
Whether or not you?ve read the book/seen the film, you recognize the name Holly Golightly, the character who this book (and the simultaneously smitten and revolted antagonist, Mr. Bell) revolves around. At the start of the novel, we see her as a shallow, materialistic, ignorant man-eater, but by the end, Capote miraculously manages to develop her into far more of a complex character than I expected. She is multi-dimensionally tragic; we emphathize with rather than pity her. The breadth of character growth and story twists that Capote manages to pack in to something so brief is not to be missed.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679745655
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- Humorous Stories
- Subject:
- Short Stories (single author)
- Subject:
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Subject:
- Short stories
- Subject:
- New York
- Subject:
- Christmas stories
- Subject:
- Humorous fiction
- Subject:
- American fiction (fictional works by one auth
- Subject:
- Romance Norte Americano
- Edition Description:
- Vintage Intl
- Series Volume:
- House Ex. doc 1
- Publication Date:
- March 1995
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 7.95x5.24x.50 in. .44 lbs.











