The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
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...
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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.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780345803061 (034580306X)
Publish date: May 15th 2012
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
American,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Southern,
Short Stories,
Holiday,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic
Series: Compactos 23 (#623)
These stories show a great capacity for capturing time, place and character. Highly evocative. On the whole I think I prefered the Depression era Alabama childhood stories to the more recently set ones, but the one set in a cemetary was great. This volume has made me take a wider interest in Capote'...
Arranged in chronological order, these short stories show Capote's evolution as a writer, moving from more imitative styles to his own voice. As with most collections, some of the stories are better than others. Reading the first one, "The Walls Are Cold," almost made me quit. The walls weren't the ...
I've just decided to pull this back out. I bought this book after seeing a movie based on Capote's memoirs and/or short stories about his childhood...I forget the details, but it was lovely. So much of his fame dwelt on the gruesome and urbane--I think it's easy to forget that he was raised in the s...
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