Our story for December, Truman Capote’s “Miriam” (1945), is disquietingly similar to our story from November, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Once again, we, as readers, are invited into an uncomfortable space inhabited by characters who may or may not be figments of the imagination. Once again, we become witnesses to the ways in
“A Capote reader” by Truman Capote “’The only four things that interested me were: reading books, going to the movies, tap-dancing and drawing pictures. Then one day I started writing …’ Truman Capote began writing at the age of eight, and never looked back. «A Capote Reader» contains much of the author’s published work: his
“Summer crossing“ by Truman Capote “Summer Crossing is Truman Capote’s first novel and was written during the 1940s. An unrefined prototype of his later, famous writings, it was cast aside by Capote and thought to be lost for over 50 years, but was eventually published in 2005.” Extraído de la Wikipedia. Ver además: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/dec/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview16 http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/universo/turbador/Truman/Capote/elpepicul/20051003elpepicul_1/Tes
Viernes / “A sangre fría” de Truman Capote A finales de 1959 Truman Capote (1924-1984) leyó en el New York Times la noticia del asesinato de los cuatro miembros de una familia de granjeros en un remoto pueblo de Kansas, a manos de un par de individuos que se llevaron un botín ridículo. Se trataba