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Capote, Truman (Author) & Price, Reynolds (Contributor) : The Complete Stories Of Truman Capote

Random House, New York City, NY, 2004

ISBN 0679643109

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 300 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the greatest literary collections of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Although all but one of the pieces have appeared in book form, this is the very first time that they are gathered together in one volume. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. A brilliant production by Random House: Regular-sized volume format. Hard boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by Truman Capote. Introductory Essay, "Usable Answers", by the great American novelist Reynolds Price. The latter piece, which alludes to "Answered Prayers", appears in this edition only. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In wraparound DJ, which features the celebrated photograph of the 21-year-old Capote by Henri Cartier-Bresson, and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "The Complete Stories of Truman Capote". Nothing less than some of the high spots of modern American literature. Capote will always be remembered (rightly so) for his masterpiece, "In Cold Blood" (1965). Still, his short stories and his novellas, that is to say, his long short stories ("Other Voices, Other Rooms", "The Grass Harp", and "Breakfast At Tiffany's") are among the finest literary achievements by an American writer whose life was tragically cut short by what amounted to a slow, self-inflicted death from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction. The enduring interest in Capote The Celebrity tends to distract us from the greatness of Capote The Writer. Capote wrote his best work as a very young man and died in 1984 at the age of 60, writing virtually nothing in the last decade of his life, unable to finish his much-anticipated novel, "Answered Prayers", whose manuscript has never been found (because it was never written). Capote's idol was Flaubert and his stated goal was punitively Flaubertian: Perfection. There is no living American writer who writes as beautifully as Capote did at the height of his powers. Many fashionable young American writers today denigrate his achievement because they just can't do it, and we tend to hate what we cannot do. The book includes "The Bargain", which appears in published form for the very first time. An absolute "must-have" title for Truman Capote collectors. This is a Review Copy. The Review Material is laid-in. This title is a modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only Review Copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679643109.

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