The Complete Stories - (Modern Library (Paperback)) by Truman Capote (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's </i>and<i> Other Voices, Other Rooms </i>(in one volume), <i> In Cold Blood, </i>and <i>Portraits and Observations</i></b> <p/>Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i> and <i>In Cold Blood, </i> 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 compassionate as they were grotesque. This volume is the first to assemble all of Capote's short fiction--a collection that indeed confirms his status as one of the masters of this form. 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 compendium. <i>The Complete Stories of Truman Capote</i> restores its author to a place not only above mere celebrity but to the highest levels of American letters.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p> "An abundance of riches. . . . It is not hard at all to open to any page . . . and be amused, moved, intrigued."<i> --Newsday <p/></i> "To best experience Capote the stylist, one must go back to his short fiction. . . . One experiences as strongly as ever his gift for concrete abstraction and his spectacular observancy."<i> --The New Yorker <p/></i>"It is a stunning experience to reread this fiction . . . and to realize how very golden this boy was. . . . We are in the presence of a tremendous talent, and a fully mature technique as well. Norman Mailer's judgment that Capote was the most perfect writer of their generation--'he writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm'--seems true and just." <i>--The New Criterion <p/></i>"Capote does some things perfectly than many writers can't do at all. . . . He summons the sensory world in its bewildering, inexhaustible richness."<i> --Los Angeles Times Book Review <p/></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Truman Capote </b>was born September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. After his parents' divorce, he was sent to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. It was here he would meet his lifelong friend, the author Harper Lee. Capote rose to international prominence in 1948 with the publication of his debut novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Among his celebrated works are <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's, A Tree of Night, The Grass Harp, Summer Crossing, A Christmas Memory, </i> and <i>In Cold Blood, </i> widely considered one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. Twice awarded the O. Henry Short Story Prize, Capote was also the recipient of a National Institute of Arts and Letters Creative Writing Award and an Edgar Award. He died August 25, 1984, shortly before his sixtieth birthday.
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