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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

By Reynolds Price, Truman Capote

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| Hardcover | 9780679643104

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Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque Continue

Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Capote’s short fiction–a volume that confirms his status as one of the masters of this form.

Among the selections are “A Tree of Night,” in which an innocent student, sitting on a train beside a slatternly woman and her deaf-mute companion, enters a seductive nightmare that brings back the deepest fears of childhood . . . “House of Flowers,” the inspiration for a celebrated Broadway musical, which tells of a superstitious prostitute who learns to love in a way no one else can ever understand . . . the holiday perennial “A Christmas Memory,” famously adapted into a superb made-for-TV movie . . . and “The Bargain,” Capote’s melancholy, never-before-published 1950 story about a suburban housewife’s shifting fortunes.

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 captured in this first-ever compendium. The Collected Stories of Truman Capote should restore its author to a place above mere celebrity, to the highest levels of American letters.

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  • The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

    In this month of short story festivals and prizes we bring you a master of the genre - Truman Capote. THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES is arranged chronologically from the early 1940s to 1982, two years before the author’s death. Those of you who saw the b ... (read full critics)

    bookgroup published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - THE COMPLETE STORIES OF TRUMAN CAPOTE by Truman Capote

    It has been just over twenty years since Truman Capote --- the controversial and tiny, child-voiced man of a mega-writer who needs no introduction --- left this life, yet his work still resonates with the deadly Southern charm of making love to a sex ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • A great collection of short stories; realised I had read 'Miriam' before (maybe that's what spurred me on to read the collection? I don't remember) Anyhow Miriam, Jug of Silver, Children on Their Birthdays, A Diamond Guitar, A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor are my favourites... The at ... (continue)

    A great collection of short stories; realised I had read 'Miriam' before (maybe that's what spurred me on to read the collection? I don't remember) Anyhow Miriam, Jug of Silver, Children on Their Birthdays, A Diamond Guitar, A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor are my favourites... The atmosphere's really reminded me of Carson McCullers and the descriptions were just brilliant...

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