EAN: 9780241474426

PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS A CHRISTMAS MEMORY - ...

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.

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