Truman Capote

Un libro capital del siglo XX que sentó las bases del true crime moderno. El 15 de noviembre de 1959, en un pueblecito de Kansas, los cuatro miembros de la familia Clutter fueron salvajemente asesinados en su casa. Los crimenes eran aparentemente inmotivados, y no se encontraron claves que permitieran identificar a los asesinos. Cinco años, cuatro meses y veintinueve dias mas tarde, el 14 de abril de 1965, Dick Hickcock y Perry Smith fueron ahorcados como culpables de las muertes en la penitenciaria del estado de Kansas.A partir de estos hechos, y tras realizar largas y minuciosas investigaciones con los protagonistas reales de la historia, Truman Capote dio un vuelco a su carrera de narrador y escribio A sangre fria, la novela que le consagro definitivamente como uno de los grandes de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XX. Capote sigue paso a paso la vida del pequeño pueblecito, esboza retratos de los que serian victimas de una muerte tan espantosa como insospechada, acompaña a la policia en las pesquisas que condujeron al descubrimiento y detencion de Hickcock y Smith y, sobre todo, se concentra en los dos criminales psicopatas hasta construir dos personajes perfectamente perfilados, a los que el lector llegara a conocer intimamente.Al yuxtaponer las vidas y el sistema de valores de los Clutter con los de los asesinos, Capote nos brinda su vision de la doblez de la vida norteamericana.A sangre fria, que fue bautizada, pionera y provocativamente, por Capote como una non fiction novel, es un libro estremecedor que, desde la fecha misma de su publicacion, se convirtio en un clasico.A partir de estos hechos, y tras realizar largas y minuciosas investigaciones con los protagonistas reales de la historia, Truman Capote dio un vuelco a su carrera de narrador y escribio A sangre fria, la novela que le consagro definitivamente como uno de los grandes de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XX. Capote sigue paso a paso la vida del pequeño pueblecito, esboza retratos de los que serian victimas de una muerte tan espantosa como insospechada, acompaña a la policia en las pesquisas que condujeron al descubrimiento y detencion de Hickcock y Smith y, sobre todo, se concentra en los dos criminales psicopatas hasta construir dos personajes perfectamente perfilados, a los que el lector llegara a conocer intimamente. Al yuxtaponer las vidas y el sistema de valores de los Clutter con los de los asesinos, Capote nos brinda su vision de la doblez de la vida norteamericana.A sangre fria, que fue bautizada, pionera y provocativamente, por Capote como una non fiction novel, es un libro estremecedor que, desde la fecha misma de su publicacion, se convirtio en un clasico.

Holly Golightly, la protagonista de Desayuno en Tiffany’s, es una de las heroínas más famosas de la literatura moderna. Inocente y tremendamente astuta; auténtica y sofisticada, Holly vive sin pasado

A sang freda es presenta com la "veritable relació d'un assassinat múltiple i les seves conseqüencies". Historia d'un crim monstruós convertit en obra d'art gràcies a l'ofici i a la sensibilitat del

Agent Al Dewey has a crime to solve - the slaughter of an entire family of god-fearing farming folk. All Agent Dewey has are two footprints, four dead bodies and a whole lot of questions, none with e

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail-hour to breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American fiction.

El último libro publicado en vida de Truman Capote. Música para camaleones, un libro que Truman Capote presenta como una obra de literatura documental, bucea con implacable lucidez en la poesía y el horror de la vida; es el esplendido resultado de una necesidad de comunicacion directa entre lector y materia narrativa, que Truman Capote busco febrilmente para conseguir una escritura sencilla y limpida como un arroyo de montaña. Una prosa en la que pudiera mantenerse al margen del tema tratado, sin influir con su estilo, juicios y opiniones. En palabras suyas: hacer del lector un observador o, mejor aun, el testigo de una experiencia verdadera que, contada bajo tal optica, resultara mucho mas subyugante que si el autor la interpretase al modo clasico.El libro esta dividido en tres partes. En primer lugar, seis breves piezas iniciales de magistral concepcion y ejecucion. Luego, una novela corta, Ataudes tallados a mano, lleva a sus ultimas consecuencias el enfoque testimonial de A sangre fria y relata la espeluznante historia de Quinn, un psicopata solipsista que se dedica a asesinar macabramente a los jurados que en un juicio han votado en su contra. Finalmente, siete Conversaciones y retratos, entre los cuales destacan el magistral texto en el que Capote acompaña a una asistenta en un dia de trabajo limpiando domicilios, la estremecedora entrevista a un maniaco asesino recluido en San Quintin, la agridulce y famosa semblanza de Marilyn Monroe y, desde luego, el desgarrador autorretrato del autor y su imaginario gemelo, en el que afirmo: Soy alcoholico. Soy drogadicto. Soy homosexual. Soy un genio.

Una extraordinaria novela corta que, por sí sola, bastaría para consagrar a un autor. Holly Golightly, la protagonista de Desayuno en Tiffany’s, es quizás el más seductor personaje creado por ese mae

El escandaloso libro en el que Capote describió la vida y costumbres de la jet set americana. El protagonista de la novela –ingenioso, encantador, bisexual, absolutamente amoral– logró escaparse de u

Història d'un crim monstruós convertit en obra d'art gràcies a l'ofici i a la sensibilitat del narrador, aquesta «novel·la de no-ficció» descriu, amb tant de detall que és a la ratlla de la morbosita

El último libro publicado en vida de Truman Capote.Música para camaleones, un libro que Truman Capote presenta como una obra de literatura documental, bucea con implacable lucidez en la poesía y el horror de la vida; es el esplendido resultado de una necesidad de comunicacion directa entre lector y materia narrativa, que Truman Capote busco febrilmente para conseguir una escritura sencilla y limpida como un arroyo de montaña. Una prosa en la que pudiera mantenerse al margen del tema tratado, sin influir con su estilo, juicios y opiniones. En palabras suyas: hacer del lector un observador o, mejor aun, el testigo de una experiencia verdadera que, contada bajo tal optica, resultara mucho mas subyugante que si el autor la interpretase al modo clasico.El libro esta dividido en tres partes. En primer lugar, seis breves piezas iniciales de magistral concepcion y ejecucion. Luego, una novela corta, Ataudes tallados a mano, lleva a sus ultimas consecuencias el enfoque testimonial de A sangre fria y relata la espeluznante historia de Quinn, un psicopata solipsista que se dedica a asesinar macabramente a los jurados que en un juicio han votado en su contra. Finalmente, siete Conversaciones y retratos, entre los cuales destacan el magistral texto en el que Capote acompaña a una asistenta en un dia de trabajo limpiando domicilios, la estremecedora entrevista a un maniaco asesino recluido en San Quintin, la agridulce y famosa semblanza de Marilyn Monroe y, desde luego, el desgarrador autorretrato del autor y su imaginario gemelo, en el que afirmo: Soy alcoholico. Soy drogadicto. Soy homosexual. Soy un genio.

From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are "Breakfast at Tiffany's "and" Other Voices, Other Rooms "(in one volume), " In Cold Blood, "and "Portraits and Observations" 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 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. "The Complete Stories of Truman Capote" restores its author to a place not only above mere celebrity but to the highest levels of American letters.

Perhaps no twentieth-century writer was so observant and graceful a chronicler of his times as Truman Capote. "Portraits and Observations "is the first volume devoted solely to all the essays ever published by this most beloved of writers. Included are such masterpieces of narrative nonfiction as "The Muses Are Heard" and the short nonfiction novel "Handcarved Coffins," as well as many long-out-of-print essays, including portraits of Mae West, Humphrey Bogart, and Marilyn Monroe. From his travel sketches of Brooklyn, New Orleans, and Hollywood, written when he was twenty-two, to the author''s last written words, composed the day before his death in 1984, the recently discovered "Remembering Willa Cather," "Portraits and Observations" puts on display the full spectrum of Truman Capote''s brilliance. Certainly Capote was, as Somerset Maugham famously called him, "a stylist of the first quality." But as the pieces gathered here remind us, he was also an artist of remarkable substance. Praise for "Portraits and Observations" NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE "WASHINGTON POST" BOOK WORLD "A must-have treasure for Capote fans . . . These are delicious, dramatic, and tender nonfiction portraits and tales." -NPR''s "Morning Edition" "A wonderful volume . . . Nearly every page can be read with real pleasure. . . . No matter what his subject, Capote''s] canny, careful art gives it warm and breathing life" -"The Washington Post Book World" "Every piece is a treasure. . . . Pages and pages of remarkably evocative, careful and well-observed prose delineate, ] in a measured and elegant manner, one of the most remarkable American literary lives of the twentieth century." -Jane Smiley, "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

Qui no ha sentit la curiositat d'arribar-se a la joieria Tiffany's? Un món en què els collarets de diamants conviuen ingènuament amb la màfia, en què l'interès no desvirtua l'amistat, en què tot és p

The early fiction of one of the nation s 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 Tiffany s, "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 century s most original writers. Spare yet heartfelt, these stories summon our compassion and feeling at every turn. Capote was always drawn to outsiders women, children, African Americans, the poor because he felt like one himself from a very early age. Here we see Capote s 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 Burke s Academy for Young Ladies. In a time of extraordinary loss, a woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover s eyes. In these stories we see early signs of Capote s 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. Advance praise for "The Early Stories of Truman Capote" "" These 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. "Library Journal " [A] gathering of the great American prose stylist s earliest pieces, published for the first time . . . Students of both Capote and the short story will find this instructive and entertaining. "Kirkus Reviews""

The early fiction of one of the nations 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 Tiffanys, 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 centurys most original writers.Spare yet heartfelt, these stories summon our compassion and feeling at every turn. Capote was always drawn to outsiderswomen, children, African Americans, the poorbecause he felt like one himself from a very early age. Here we see Capotes 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 Burkes Academy for Young Ladies. In a time of extraordinary loss, a woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lovers eyes.In these stories we see early signs of Capotes 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.