Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel
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| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 1994 |
| Seiten | 176 |
| Format | 13,1 x 20,3 x 1,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 194 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Vintage International |
| ISBN-10 | 0679751823 |
| EAN | 9780679751823 |
| Bestell-Nr | 67975182EA |
Truman Capotes gnadenlose Abrechnung mit der Welt der Reichen und Schönen
Truman Capote zeichnet in diesem Romanfragment ein schonungsloses Bild der amerikanischen High Society. Er schildert das Leben von P.B. Jones, einem Schoßhündchen der Reichen und Schönen, und blickt dabei hinter die Kulissen von deren Welt. Als erste Kapitel dieses Schlüsselromans Mitte der Siebzigerjahre im Magazin Esquire vorabgedruckt wurden, erkannten sich Capotes berühmte Freunde in zahlreichen Romanfiguren wieder, samt ihrer intimsten Geheimnisse - vom Seitensprung bis zum vertuschten Mord. Der Skandal war perfekt.
Das Buch, das den größten Literaturskandal seiner Zeit auslöste.
The three completed chapters of Capote's unfinished novel, focusing on P.B. Jones, an amoral bisexual who has tumbled from the jet-set heights, are accompanied by an introduction by the editor
Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions offer a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. Includes the story La Cote Basque featured in the major FX series Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans.
"Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly." The New York Times Book Review
Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Côte Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead. Above all, this malevolently funny book displays Capote at his most relentlessly observant and murderously witty.
Rezension:
"A gift from an unbridled genius. Exciting ... irresistible ... should be cherished as top-flight work from a master." Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly... inspired." The New York Times Book Review
