Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote

Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote (Modern Library Classics (Paperback))

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 â€œThe Muses Are Heardâ€ and the short nonfiction novel â€œHandcarved Coffins,â€ 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 authorâ€™s last written words, composed the day before his death in 1984, the recently discovered â€œRemembering Willa Cather,â€ Portraits and Observations puts on display the full spectrum of Truman Capoteâ€™s brilliance. Certainly Capote was, as Somerset Maugham famously called him, â€œa stylist of the first quality.â€ 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

â€œA must-have treasure for Capote fans . . . These are delicious, dramatic, and tender nonfiction portraits and tales.â€
â€“NPRâ€™s Morning Edition

â€œA wonderful volume . . . Nearly every page can be read with real pleasure. . . . No matter what his subject, [Capoteâ€™s] canny, careful art gives it warm and breathing lifeâ€ Â
â€“The Washington Post Book World

â€œEvery 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.â€
â€“Jane Smiley, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812978919
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2008-11-11
UnitCount 1

Country	USA
Brand	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Modern Library
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812978919
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2008-11-11
UnitCount	1

Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote (Modern Library Classics (Paperback))

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