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A Christmas Memory

Author: Truman Capote   Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season

Originally published in 1956, this short storyNbased on Capote's childhoodNtells of a young boy who lovingly makes fruitcakes from scratch at Christmastime with his elderly cousin. Now this American holiday classic is repackaged and includes an audio CD narrated by Broadway star and Oscar]-winning actress Holm. Full color.

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Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season

Originally published in 1956, this short storyNbased on Capote's childhoodNtells of a young boy who lovingly makes fruitcakes from scratch at Christmastime with his elderly cousin. Now this American holiday classic is repackaged and includes an audio CD narrated by Broadway star and Oscar]-winning actress Holm. Full color.

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Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas seasonSelected from across Capote's writing life, the stories range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whisky to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; it is Sook who teaches Buddy the true meaning of goodwill. In other stories, an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore; an eccentric young girl dreams of Hollywood; and a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York. Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.

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About the Author

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925. He is the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949), The Grass Harp (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), In Cold Blood (1965), which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication, Music for Chameleons (1980) and Answered Prayers (1986), all of which are published by Penguin. Truman Capote died in August 1984.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
27th October 2022
Pages
112
ISBN
9780241474426

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