| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
vii, 722 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
Short stories -- Miriam -- My side of the matter -- A tree of night -- Jug of silver -- The headless hawk -- Shut a final door -- Master Misery -- Children on their birthdays -- A diamond guitar -- House of flowers -- Among the paths to Eden -- Mojave -- Novellas -- The grass harp -- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Travel sketches -- New Orleans -- New York -- Brooklyn -- Hollywood -- Haiti -- To Europe -- Ischia -- Tangier -- A ride through Spain -- Fontana Vecchia -- Extreme magic -- Greek paragraphs -- Music for chameleons -- Reportage -- The muses are heard -- Then it all came down -- Handcarved coffins -- Portraits -- The duke in his domain -- From Observations: Richard Avedon, John Huston, Charlie Chaplin, A gathering of swans, Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau and André Gide, Mae West, Louis Armstrong, Humphrey Bogart, Ezra Pound, Somerset Maugham, Isak Dinesen -- Jane Bowles -- Cecil Beaton -- Elizabeth Taylor -- A beautiful child -- Remembering Tennessee -- Essays -- A house on the heights -- Lola -- A voice from a cloud -- Ghosts in sunlight : the filming of In cold blood -- The white rose -- Self-portrait -- Preface to The dogs bark -- A day's work -- Dazzle -- Hidden gardens -- Hello, stranger -- Derring-do -- Nocturnal turnings -- Mr. Jones -- A lamp in the window -- Hospitality -- Preface to Music for chameleons. |
| Summary |
This selection of Capote's works is divided into six parts: short stories, novellas, travel sketches, reportage, portraits, and essays. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century.
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Short stories, American -- 20th century.
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American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1987
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Selections. 1987. Capote reader. 1st ed. New York : Random House, ©1987 (OCoLC)574730262 |
| ISBN |
039455647X |
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9780394556475 |
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