Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany’s. In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape—her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.This volume also includes three of Capote’s best-known stories, “House of Flowers,” “A Diamond Guitar,” and “A … “A Diamond Guitar,” and “A Christmas Memory,” which the Saturday Review called “one of the most moving stories in our language.” It is a tale of two innocents—a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend—whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.
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Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was published in 1958; first in Esquire, and then by Random House. As an aside, this novella and I are the same age. Prior to publication, there was a brouhaha with the Hearst Corporation. Harper’s Bazaar had picked up the story, but the Hearst editors asked Capote for changes to the language. The …
It feels like Tiffany’s, and the movie is very similar to the novella and I think fans of the movie will not be disappointed if they try the original out. The additional short stories included in this copy were a little less interesting to me than the Novella but still enjoyable.
I’ve had this book on my bookshelf for ages, and am so glad I finally got round to reading it! It’s a very short book, but beautifully written, and I found myself immersed in 1940s New York and the lives of Holly and ‘Fred’ almost immediately. Truman Capote has a great skill with language, managing to paint compelling portraits of complex …
I have read his other books. This one disappointed me so I am going to watch the movie again. It was much better than the book.
This novella is a quick read that left me in awe.
Truman Capote was a marvelous writer with a honed knack for presenting scandal as mere eccentricity. Nowhere is this better wrought than with Holly Golightly, simply a unique character that only another character could ever dream up and then bring to life. Worth reading and then reading again.
Capote knew how to write!
One of my all time favorite books and movie…who can forget Holly Golightly…Capote at his best!
I kept wanting the characters to develop depth, a moral compass, or some decisiveness. It did not happen. This is a portrayal of that portion of the population that chases illusion
Exquisite story that’s definitely not the movie.
A young New York socialite charms a budding writer…wow, it’s impossible to sum this up. Heads up, the plot of the movie only vaguely resembles the book.
This tale isn’t so much character-driven as observations about a character, a fickle goddess, who doesn’t come from New York and yet who is the personification of a certain slice of it. …
Always a favorite of mine.
A classic!
It is definitely a classic and worth reading it. Different. It evokes nostalgia and a longing for relationships that are not longer part of our life but left and indeleble memory in our psyche. It was a page turner story not so much superficial action but profound narrative.
Even if (especially if) you have seen the movie, read the book!
Wonderful
A true classic, Capote is one of the under-rated modern American authors.
I read this after seeing the movie several times. The book is grittier and does not have the Hollywood ending of the movie. Holly’s character is the same. That slightly giddy, unpredictable, fascinating, what will she do next feeling comes from the book. Her character is so fascinating that you go right along with everyone else just to be able to …
I found myself rooting for the (unnamed in the book) narrator, who falls in love with Holly Golightly, a woman who will never settle down for too long. Their world is glamorous at times, horrible at others and the book has some racists parts that would never be allowed to be published today. It is a quick read and I finished it in less than a day, …