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Summer Crossing, In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's.

In this book, Truman Capote created Holly Golightly, a woman whose name entered the american idiom and whose style is a part of the landscape. This volume also includes three of Capote's stories - House of flowers, A diamond guitar, and A Chistmas memory,

This is a story that was first published in 1958. This wacky hillbilly-turned-playgirl who lives in a Manhattan brownstone shares not only his philosophy of freedom and acceptance of human irregularities but also his fears and anxieties--'the mean reds' she calls them. For her the cure is to jump into a taxi and head for Tiffany's; nothing bad could happen, she says, amid 'that lovely smell of silver and alligator wallets, '' and her dream is to have breakfast in that soothing setting.

Qui pot extreure les confessions més íntimes d'un Marlon Brando vestit amb quimono a punt d'interpretar Sayonara? Només algú com Truman Capote podia ser capaç d'estirar tant la llengua del gran divo per fer-ne un retrat penetrant i ple d'ironia. I és que el retrat de Brando, juntament amb el d'una Marilyn Monroe divertida però colpidora i el d'un Tennessee Williams tan genial com insegur, ens planten davant d'un Capote capaç de raspallar tendrament però a la vegada sense pietat algunes de les estrelles més famoses del món de la cultura i l'espectacle. Els tres retrats reunits en aquest llibre («El duc als seus dominis», «Una criatura deliciosa» i «Tot recordant Tennessee»), traduïts per primer cop al català, sintetitzen l'estil d'una de les plomes més brillants del segle XX: «L'home que va fer del titular, de la frase enginyosa, curta i letal, un art», com diu Kiko Amat al pròleg.

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

New York in the 1940s. In the expensive jewellery store, Tiffany's, Holly Golightly feels calm and safe. In her apartment every night is party night. Men come and go. But Holly is searching for her place in the world. Can any of these men offer her happiness?

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

Mundialmente famoso por obras maestras como A sangre fría y Desayuno en Tiffany`s, Truman Capote era también conocidísmo en Estados Unidos por su rutilante vida social y por sus deslenguadas y escandalosas apariciones en programas de televisión de gran audiencia. Pero además, como saben sus fieles lectores, era un magnífico escritor de cuentos. El presente volumen recoge por primera vez la totalidad de sus cuentos e incluye un relato inédito yá cinco historias que hasta ahora no se habían traducido.

Buddy a six ans. Pour lui, Noël est un moment magique qu'il aime partager avec la douce et vieille Miss Sook, sa cousine. Mais cette année, le petit garçon doit passer les fêtes de fin d'année chez son père qu'il connaît peu et qui l'intimide. Pour Buddy, Noël ne sera jamais plus comme avant...

Impecablement traduïda per Lluís-Anton Baulenas, L’arpa d’herba (1951) narra la història de Collin Fenwick, un orfe que busca refugi en una caseta, a dalt d’un arbre, acompanyat de dues solteres excèntriques. De lectura simbòlica però amb un to humorístic, la novel·la ressegueix el camí que farà Collin fins a descobrir les satisfaccions i els perills de viure en llibertat. Una obra plena d’humanitat que concep l’amor com un bé sagrat i la natura com un encadenament a la vida, alhora que recrea la pèrdua de la innocència de tres personatges desarrelats a través de l’exploració dels plaers i les responsabilitats que comporta una existència lliure.

Jusqu'à dix dollars pour les meilleurs ! C'est ce que M. Revercomb est prêt à vous donner pour que vous lui racontiez vos rêves soigneusement notés et mis en fiches par sa secrétaire... La jeune Sylvia saisit l'opportunité et quitte son métier de sténo. Mais pourquoi surnomme-t-on Revercomb, M. Maléfique ? N'y a-t-il pas un prix à payer lorsqu'on vend ses rêves ? Quelques récits au charme mystérieux et envoûtant par l'auteur du Petit déjeuner chez Tiffany.

Qui no ha sentit la curiositat d'arribarse a la joieria Tiffany's? En aquesta breu novel·la, Capote converteix la historia d'una noia excentrica en un entranyable poema d'amor i en un retrat agut de la Nova York dels anys cinquanta. Esmorzar al Tiffanys conte els moments mes divertits i tendres de Truman Capote.

The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century's most colorful and fascinating literary figures. Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wrote letters as he spoke: emphatically, spontaneously, and passionately. Spanning more than four decades, his letters are the closest thing we have to a Capote autobiography, showing us the uncannily self-possessed na-f who jumped headlong into the post--World War II New York literary scene; the more mature Capote of the 1950s; the Capote of the early 1960s, immersed in the research and writing of In Cold Blood; and Capote later in life, as things seemed to be unraveling. With cameos by a veritable who's who of twentieth century glitterati, Too Brief a Treat shines a spotlight on the life and times of an incomparable American writer.

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.

With her blond hair, upturned nose and black dresses, Holly Golightly is a sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment vibrates with parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet she never loses sight of her goal - to find a place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.