![]() In 1967, a 50-minute TV edition, adapted and narrated by Capote himself, won cheers, tears and two Emmys (for its teleplay and for Geraldine Page's exquisite performance). She is Sook, a lovely loon of an old lady, signaling the start-up of much holiday hustle-and-bustle for herself and her best bud and distant cousin, seven-year-old Buddy (i.e., the boy Capote), in rural Alabama of The Depression.Ĭapote's tender recall of this special friendship first appeared as a short story in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956 and subsequently enjoyed a variety of multi-media lives. 30."Oh, my, it's fruitcake weather," announces the fruitcake-in-residence in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" one frosty morn about this time of year some 80 autumns ago. Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time. 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. 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. ![]() Selected 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. 9780241474426 A Christmas Memory 30.3000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/classics Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season ![]() Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season ![]() 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. ![]()
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