Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.
He was born as Truman Streckfus Persons to a salesman Archulus Persons and young Lillie Mae. His parents divorced when he was four and he went to live with his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. He was a lonely child who learned to read and write by himself before entering school. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her new husband, Joseph Capote, a Cuban-born businessman. Mr. Capote adopted Truman, legally changing his last name to Capote and enrolling him in private school. After graduating from high school in 1942, Truman Capote began his regular job as a copy boy at The New Yorker. During this time, he also began his career as a writer, publishing many short stories which introduced him into a circle of literary critics. His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, published in 1948, stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks and became controversial because of the photograph of Capote used to promote the novel, posing seductively and gazing into the camera.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Capote remained prolific producing both fiction and non-fiction. His masterpiece, In Cold Blood, a story about the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, was published in 1966 in book form by Random House, became a worldwide success and brought Capote much praise from the literary community. After this success he published rarely and suffered from alcohol addiction. He died in 1984 at age 59.
National Bestseller
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
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這本小說本身並不好看,但是絕對好讀。Capote的智慧讓人冒冷汗。多視角、閃迴、正麵、側麵,引用、白描、比喻,這些伎倆用於寫作小說固然不見得多麼與眾不同,但是在一本nonfiction novel裏被嫻熟地運用就是另一迴事瞭。nonfiction novel這種體裁就是Capote的發明,以小說的方...
評分“魔戒”是托爾金對人性的洞察,而“冷血”是卡波特是對人性的悲憫。 前幾天在追《魔戒》三部麯的時候,對故事中的主人公Frodo非常不理解,他除瞭一時衝動說“我來護送魔戒到末日火山”之外,並沒有什麼作為,身無長技又不聰明,還誤中奸計懷疑忠誠的隊友,甚至到瞭最後...
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圖書標籤: TrumanCapote 美國文學 杜魯門·卡波特 美國 小說 capote nonfiction 英文
the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat
評分the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat
評分優美又靈動,冷酷又溫柔。卡波特的文筆和敘事能力真是令人嘆為觀止。閱讀期間復習瞭一遍電影《卡波特》,跟本書相比,電影瞬間顯得單薄的要命。感覺讀這本書的情緒,會變成一個小小的影子,永遠嵌在我腦海裏瞭。
評分就是“啊”的一聲。
評分American well-done tediousness.
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