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The early stories of Truman Capote / Truman Capote ; foreword by Hilton Als.
"In a small Southern town, a teenage girl anxiously waits for her date to arrive. A little boy meets his dream dog in Central Park. A woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover's eyes. Best friends discuss the theoretical murder of husbands. In these never-before-published stories, written by Truman Capote when he was in his teens and twenties, Capote-the-Writer is already recognizable. His prose: witty, poignant, and crystal-clear. His characters: solitary, observant young children; charming and naïve young women whom you could imagine befriending Holly Golightly; aging urban sophisticates worn down by cynicism. His settings: the rural South of his childhood and the cosmopolitan New York of the 1940s. This splendid collection offers readers to opportunity to see the confident first steps of one of the 20th century's most-acclaimed writers onto the path that would lead to his most beloved works"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780812998221 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xxii, 177 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| Genre: | Short stories. |
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- Baker & Taylor
A collection of never-before-published stories from the author Breakfast at Tiffany's andIn Cold Blood, features tales set in the American South of his childhood and the cosmopolitan New York of the 1940s. - Baker & Taylor
"In a small Southern town, a teenage girl anxiously waits for her date to arrive. A little boy meets his dream dog in Central Park. A woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover's eyes. Best friends discuss the theoretical murder of husbands. In these never-before-published stories, written by Truman Capote when he was in his teens and twenties, Capote-the-Writer is already recognizable. His prose: witty, poignant, and crystal-clear. His characters: solitary, observant young children; charming and naèive young women whom you could imagine befriending Holly Golightly; aging urban sophisticates worn down by cynicism. His settings: the rural South of his childhood and the cosmopolitan New York of the 1940s. This splendid collection offers readers to opportunity to see the confident first steps of one of the 20th century's most-acclaimed writers onto the path that would lead to his most beloved works"-- - Baker & Taylor
A collection of never-before-published stories features tales set in the American South of the author's childhood and the cosmopolitan New York of the 1940s. - Random House, Inc.
The early fiction of one of the nationâs most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature
Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffanyâs, and In Cold Blood. This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capote developing the unique voice and sensibility that would make him one of the twentieth centuryâs most original writers.
Spare yet heartfelt, these stories summon our compassion and feeling at every turn. Capote was always drawn to outsidersâwomen, children, African Americans, the poorâbecause he felt like one himself from a very early age. Here we see Capoteâs powers of empathy developing as he depicts his characters struggling at the margins of their known worlds. A boy experiences the violence of adulthood when he pursues an escaped convict into the woods. Petty jealousies lead to a life-altering event for a popular girl at Miss Burkeâs Academy for Young Ladies. In a time of extraordinary loss, a woman fights to save the life of a child who has her loverâs eyes.
In these stories we see early signs of Capoteâs genius for creating unforgettable characters built of complexity and yearning. Young women experience the joys and pains of new love. Urbane sophisticates are worn down by cynicism. Children and adults alike seek understanding in a treacherous world. There are tales of crime and violence; of racism and injustice; of poverty and despair. And there are tales of generosity and tenderness; compassion and connection; wit and wonder. Above all there is the developing voice of a writer born in the Deep South who will use and eventually break from that tradition to become a literary figure like no other.
With a foreword by the celebrated New Yorker critic Hilton Als, this volume of early stories is essential for understanding how a boy from Monroeville, Alabama, became a legend in American literature.
Praise for The Early Stories of Truman Capote
âSucceeds at conveying the writerâs youthful rawness . . . These stories capture a moment when Capote was hungry to capture the rural South, the big city, and the subtle emotions that so many around him were determined to keep unspoken.ââUSA Today
âA window on the young writerâs emerging voice and creativity . . . Capoteâs ability to conjure a time, place and mood with just a few sentences is remarkable.ââAssociated Press
âBlueprints of the august, confident, and delightfully acerbic writer-to-come.ââThe Los Angeles Review of Books
âDazzling.ââThe Columbus Dispatch
â[These stories] stand in their own right as lovely vignettes of the lives of the lonely, broken and troubled. . . . Breathtaking in their precocity, craftsmanship, simplicity and the tenderness [Capote] became renowned for.ââThe Independent (U.K.)
âThese ten-plus stories were written when Capote was a teenager and young man and will shed light on his subsequent work while remaining sharply observed pleasures in their own right.ââLibrary Journal
â[A] gathering of the great American prose stylistâs earliest pieces, published for the first time . . . Students of both Capote and the short story will find this instructive and entertaining.ââKirkus Reviews
