Truman Capote
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Eccentrico e perfido, aristocratico e curioso di tutto, George Plimpton è stato tra le voci più influenti della letteratura americana contemporanea. A lui si deve l’invenzione dell’intervista come genere letterario, e le sue inchieste restano memorabili per i lettori almeno quanto lo erano per i fortunati ospiti le feste esclusive che dava nel suo appartamento dell’Upper East Side newyorkese. Proprio come «una specie di cocktail party di conoscenti di Truman Capote» Plimpton ha organizzato questo libro, raccogliendo le testimonianze di decine di persone, da Marella Agnelli a Mia Farrow, da Gore Vidal a Kurt Vonnegut, e fondendole in una straordinaria suite di ricordi, racconti, accuse e gossip. Il risultato è una lettura irresistibile che aderisce magicamente alla vita e alla leggenda di Capote, e che merita di figurare accanto alle sue opere.
- ISBN: 8811671094
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 468
- Data di uscita: 05-05-2016
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It was sometimes hard to tell the friends from the enemies in this collection of memories from people who knew Capote. Many of the so-called memories were about plumping up the ego of the speaker, rather than paying tribute to Tru, but given the crowd that he ran with, that kind of self-aggrandizing Leggi tutto
If you haven't seen the movie INFAMOUS, with Toby Stephens and Sandra Bullock, you should watch it right away. It was based on this book, and it's amazing! This is the best biography of a great American writer that I have ever read. The reason is that it's more of an oral history, (my favorite kind
I saw the movie, Infamous, which is more or less based on part of this book, and because I liked the movie, I thought I'd get even more out of the book. WRONG. The author interviewed about 200 people who knew something about Capote, then cut that material into a bunch of paragraph length gossips,
I read this a long time ago and remember it as being well written and interesting. I own a copy and want to reread it to give it a proper review. Truman Capote was quite a character and up until the last few years of his life was one heck of a good writer.
I really like George Plimpton biographies. Its like you are sitting around in a living room and everyone is talking about Truman Capote.Truman as a person and a writer was quite a force. Even though I feel like I know a lot about him, I still feel like there is a lot of mystery concerning his nature Leggi tutto
George Plimpton put together bits of interviews into 40 chapters, following Capote's life. Truman Capote, what do folks think about him now? I read The Swans of Fifth Avenue with this one. The Swans of Fifth Avenue is about his foray into the NYC society set.
As in Plimpton’s biography of Edie Sedgwick, Edie: American Girl , he weaves together the opinions, the diary entries, the essays, and reflections of those who knew Truman Capote. An interesting concept, because some writers contradict others concerning the same topic, and the reader must discern who Leggi tutto
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