A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Paperback Book 9780241474426

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.

Genre: Media > Books > Print Books > Biographical fiction Year of Publication: 2022 Classification: Media > Books > Print Books > Biographical fiction Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Package Dimension Length: 19.7 cm Package Dimension Width: 12.8 cm Package Dimension Height: 1 cm ISBN: 9780241474426