Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-010163
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation. He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm." -Norman Mailer, "Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation. He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm."-Norman Mailer, "Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation. He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm." Norman Mailer
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Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and na vet continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory," which the Saturday Review called "one of the most moving stories in our language." It is a tale of two innocents--a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend--whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth., Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's. In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape--her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory," which the Saturday Review called "one of the most moving stories in our language." It is a tale of two innocents--a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend--whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.
LC Classification Number
PS3505.A59A6
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
1986