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What is it about Truman Capote? Despite the fact that he was unquestionably a minor writer, with an uncommonly thin portfolio of published work considering his forty-year career, he remains a figure of fascination. There have been books about him, movies, a Broadway play—and most of his own writing Leggi tutto

This book contains 20 of Truman Capote’s best short stories that had been previously published, including: A Christmas Memory - Buddy, his elderly cousin Miss Sook, and Queenie the rat terrier make fruit cakes for friends and strangers alike - one of the sweetest and poignant short stories I have eve Leggi tutto

I lowered my initial rating from 4.5 to 3.5 stars upon going through my annotations. Truman Capote wrote 20 short stories – 8 of which I highly enjoyed, 5 I appreciate and 7 I didn't enjoy and/or didn't remember at all. This is quite a good score as I am usually struggling with short stories. The th Leggi tutto

I really enjoy Truman Capote’s writing — hi stories, his paragraphs and his sentences, his images and insights. Here are some snippets: “It was as if she were a child to whom he handed a balloon that kept swelling until it swept her upward, danced her along with just her toes now and then touching th Leggi tutto

Contains two of PB's All Time Greats : "Miriam" (1945) TC can write about kids really well, and as we know, he is suspected of having more than a hand in the writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird" which is all about kids. In "Miriam" we have an original character, a violent ghost girl. I have a list of pe Leggi tutto

Интересна колекция от разкази. Подредени са хронологично от ранния творчески период на Капоти през 40-те чак до 1982 г. Първата половина с по-ранни творби ми беше скучна. С навлизането в зрелия творчески период на Капоти, разказите ставаха по-добри, усещаше се и по-голямо задълбаване в биографични м Leggi tutto