Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits—an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies—who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, … sacredness of love, “that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.”
This volume also includes Capote’s A Tree of Night and Other Stories, which the Washington Post called “unobtrusively beautiful . . . a superlative book.”
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Intelligent and moving story about an unusual boy and his unusual aunts in the south.
I loved it!
Not an easy read. Very disjointed but did touch on many human situations.
Anything Capote writes is exceptional. I wish the book was longer because I can never get enough of his writing.
Early Truman Capote —beautiful prose, evocative of place, time, culture, in addition to imaginative plot, and intriguing characters.
this book has great details but needs more sensory language’