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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 112 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 0,6 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 90 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
| EAN | 9780241474426 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24147442EA |
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 chil l of Christmas time.
