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.
开始听这本书的理由很废——实在吃不消在跑步时听Moby Dick了。大学时就着电影《卡波特》读过《冷血》译作。在被各种航海词汇和闲扯漫谈的长句折腾到语言中枢行将中风时,会个旧相识,应该是不错的。 错在高估了译者,而低估了Capote。真不愧是20世纪实文学的珠穆朗玛。 Trum...
评分第一次读到《冷血》,至少已有十年了。 那时候,对所谓“非虚构小说”很奇怪,不就是报告文学吗,为什么要叫“非虚构纪实小说”? 从第一页里,常常感到一股遥远的牧歌之声。 他,和他的妻子儿女,安静地生活,宁静地享受夜空和秋收的快乐。 他们从来不曾想到会有灭顶之灾。 ...
the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat
评分乾淨又抓人的英文。
评分优美又灵动,冷酷又温柔。卡波特的文笔和叙事能力真是令人叹为观止。阅读期间复习了一遍电影《卡波特》,跟本书相比,电影瞬间显得单薄的要命。感觉读这本书的情绪,会变成一个小小的影子,永远嵌在我脑海里了。
评分总觉得电影比小说有意思多了,对Truman Capote本人的创作讨论也深刻极了 Chris
评分Charlotte lent me this book for the winter
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