Capote’s Women
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Tradotto da: Albertine Cerutti
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«Alcune donne», scrive Truman Capote, «sono nate per essere ricche.» A Barbara «Babe» Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Nancy «Slim» Keith, Pamela Churchill Harriman, C.Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (sorella di Jackie Kennedy), questa descrizione calzava a pennello: belle, raffinate e ricchissime, sfavillanti sotto i riflettori dell’alta società newyorchese, a cavallo tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta erano considerate delle vere e proprie icone di stile. Capote, sulla cresta dell’onda dopo il successo di A sangue freddo e Colazione da Tiffany, era riuscito a entrare nelle loro grazie e dunque nei circoli più esclusivi dell’epoca, diventando egli stesso una figura di spicco del jet-set. Tra il 1975 e il 1976, la pubblicazione dei primi capitoli del nuovo libro Preghiere esaudite arrivò come un fulmine a ciel sereno: dietro la maschera del romanzo Capote divulgò le più intime confidenze delle sue facoltose amiche, esponendole così alla pubblica gogna. La reazione del mondo newyorchese fu spietata. Laurence Leamer, autore bestseller del «New York Times», ripercorre la parabola di questa vicenda drammatica e scrive un avvincente e crudele non-fiction novel che non sarebbe dispiaciuto a Capote.
- ISBN: 8811013615
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 420
- Data di uscita: 20-02-2024
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My first read from Laurence Leamer. I thoroughly enjoyed his writing style and the way he presented non-fiction in an engaging way. Just because a book is informative doesn't mean it has to be boring! I've seen a lot of comments that say the show is better than the book. I haven't seen the show yet, Leggi tutto
Wow! This book absolutely enchanted me. Being a certain age, Capote’s Women were very much part of the fabric of my youth. They were the women I admired. I followed their lives and saved money to eat in the restaurants they visited. I bought Woman’s Wear Daily to see their clothes. I knew their stor Leggi tutto
3.5, rounded down. Although I'd already read The Swans of Fifth Avenue , which covers much of the same territory in fictional format, Leamer's book is the source for the new TV miniseries about Capote and his swans, so I wanted to get the non-fictional facts as well. Leamer's book is certainly readabl Leggi tutto
Extraordinary book. Couldn’t stop reading about the type of people who existed in an era that is long gone. Capote himself was gifted and utterly vicious. On one level he worshipped his “swans,” beautiful women at the top of high society, but on another level he must have held them in contempt to a Leggi tutto
"Capote's Women" reads like a book-length Vanity Fair article: well-written, fawning on the rich and stylish, somewhat bitchy, but fairly superficial. I expected the book to focus on the interaction between Truman Capote and his "swans" (towering socialites Babe Paley, Slim Keith, Gloria Guinness, C Leggi tutto
A reader certainly gets what is promised by the title of this book. . .the author is skilled and has a wickedly sharp pen from the very first word. Still the reader is misled. This book is about Truman. Mr. Capote. Himself. And here I had to tuck all my defenses away, in the back of the hall closet, Leggi tutto
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