A Christmas Memory
€14.74
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241474426 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Truman Capote |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.092 |
| Publishing Date | 27/10/2022 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.91 |
| Tax | €0.83 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.74 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote,the author of Breakfast at Tiffany''s,
are a captivating tribute to the Christmas season
''We set about choosing a tree. "It should be," muses my friend, "twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can''t steal the star."''
Selected from across Truman Capote''s writing life, these Christmas stories range from nostalgic, semi-autobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of 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 whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; while in other stories, a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore.
Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.