On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.
As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of...
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely mur...
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naivete continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory," which the Saturday Review called "one of the most moving stories in our language." It is a tale of two innocents--a small boy and the old woman who is his best...
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the li...
Although Truman Capote s last, unfinished novel offers a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Cote Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead. Above all, this malevolently finny book displays Capote at...
Although Truman Capote s last, unfinished novel offers a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. Tracing the career of...
Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about the romance she is dangerously pursuing and the effect it will have on everyone involved. Fans of Breakfast at Tiffany'sand Capote's short stories will be thrilled to read Summer Crossing.
Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during ...
Truman Capote once said, -The thing I like to do most in the whole world is talk ..., - and talk he does in the more than two dozen interviews collected in this book. The topics are often gossip about the famous people Capote ran with, but always he provides revealing information about his writings--the authors who inspired him, his meticulous methods of research and composition, and his personal reverence for the craft of authorship. He was, as the editor notes, -fiercely devoted to his art, and keenly aware of his place in the world of letters.-
While his detractors, such as Ernest...
Truman Capote once said, -The thing I like to do most in the whole world is talk ..., - and talk he does in the more than two dozen interviews collect...
A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote's life's work in the form he called his -great love, - The Complete Stories confirms Capote's status as a master of the short story. Ranging from the gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places and people of Capote's oeuvre are here, in stories as elegant as they are heartfelt, as haunting as they are compassionate. Reading them reminds us of the miraculous gifts of a beloved American original.
A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote's life's work in the form he called his -great love, - The Complete Stories confirm...
Truman Capote began writing when he was eight and became one of America's most versatile and gifted authors. This reader contains much of his published work: his fiction, including Breakfast at Tiffany's, as well as his prolific output of short stories, travel sketches in which he evokes places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, portraits of his contempories such as Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Cecil Beaton, and his brilliant reportage and essays. His piece entitled The Muses are Heard, which recounts a trip to Communist Europe with the cast of Porgy and Bess, shows the chameleon-like talents of...
Truman Capote began writing when he was eight and became one of America's most versatile and gifted authors. This reader contains much of his publishe...
Die Reportagen, Porträts und Reiseskizzen eines Rastlosen - nie war Truman Capote so nah am Leben, an den Menschen und ihren Geheimnissen. Ob Haiti, Tanger, Italien oder Brooklyn, ob Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart oder Marilyn Monroe - mit Scharfsinn und freimütiger Neugier begegnet Truman Capote in diesem Buch den interessantesten Orten und Menschen. Dank seinem Gespür für seine Gesprächspartner und ihre Geschichten gelingt es ihm immer wieder, ihre verborgenen Seiten zu enthüllen. Die Klassiker Kaltblütig, Frühstück bei Tiffany oder Andere Stimmen, andere Räume sind die Fixsterne...
Die Reportagen, Porträts und Reiseskizzen eines Rastlosen - nie war Truman Capote so nah am Leben, an den Menschen und ihren Geheimnissen. Ob Haiti, ...
Vor ihr liegt ein Sommer, in dem sie einen ganzen Kontinent zwischen sich und ihrer Familie weiß: Während ihre Eltern nach Europa segeln, bleibt die 17-jährige Grady McNeil allein zurück in einem New York ohne Aircondition, aber vielen Versprechen. Grady kann tun und lassen, was sie will. Und sie will eine Menge, bloss sich noch nicht in die reiche, feine Gesellschaft einfädeln, die sie nur müde macht. So verliebt sie sich in Clyde, einen jüdischen Jungen aus Brooklyn, der, zurück aus dem Krieg, als Parkplatzwächter arbeitet. Es ist ihr egal, dass sich ihre Mutter einen anderen...
Vor ihr liegt ein Sommer, in dem sie einen ganzen Kontinent zwischen sich und ihrer Familie weiß: Während ihre Eltern nach Europa segeln, bleibt die...