author: truman capote

... The Heidi Chronicles , [ is ] one of the few American playwrights since S.N. Behrman to create commercial comedies ... script is like a fully notated score , next to which most new plays are cursory lead sheets . " -The Village Voice ...

In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions offer a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. • Includes the story La Cote Basque featured in the major FX ...

In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction. “An incomparable stylist and entertainer . . . clean and cool . . . [with a] superb, near ...

In einer atemberaubenden Sprache erzählt er, wie aus Menschen Mörder werden. Mit Kaltblütig landete Capote einen internationalen Bestseller.

... Capote, Truman, 1924–1984. A Christmas memory /by Truman Capote; illustrated by Beth Peck. p. cm. Summary: A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a sevenyearold boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship ...

Story from an author's childhood of lovingly making fruitcakes from scratch at Christmas-time with his elderly cousin, and has stood the test of time to become known as an American holiday classic.

One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met.

Conversations Truman Capote M. Thomas Inge. Louisiana , Alabama and Mississippi . My story A Christmas Memory , about a boy with elderly female relatives , is altogether drawn from life . As I grew older , I was packed off to different ...

Chinese edition of A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor, the Truman Copote classic. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

A boy recalls his life with an elderly relative in rural Alabama in the 1930s and the lesson she taught him one Thanksgiving Day about dealing with a bully from school. Autobiographical.

... Capote's work, is visible above all in his famous story "A Christmas Memory," and in the less well-known "The Thanksgiving Visitor" and "One Christmas," the last of which may be a little sweet for contemporary tastes but, true as it is ...

Truman Capotes neu editierte Werke in der achtbändigen Zürcher Ausgabe im Schmuckschuber Band 1: Sommerdiebe Band 2: Andere Stimmen, andere Räume Band 3: Baum der Nacht Band 4: Die Grasharfe Band 5: Frühstück bei Tiffany Band 6: Die ...