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New York, Haïti, Tanger et autres lieux
"J'abattrais, peut-être, une bien plus grande quantité de travail si je quittais New York. Mais, peut-être aussi qu'il n'en est rien. Jusqu'à ce qu'on ait un certain âge, la campagne semble ennuyeuse. Si j'aime la nature, de toute façon, c'est non pas en général mais en particulier. Ceci posé, à moins d'être amoureux, ou satisfait, ou poussé par l'ambition, ou exempt de toute curiosité, ou réconcilié (ce qui me semble être le synonyme moderne pour désigner le bonheur), la ville est comme une monstrueuse machine, prévue de toute éternité pour nous faire perdre du temps et dévorer nos illusions.
Bientôt notre quête, notre exploration peut devenir urgente à faire peur, à faire suer d'angoisse. Une course de haies sous le signe de la Benzédrine et du Nembutal. Où donc se trouve ce que vous alliez chercher ? Et, à propos, qu'est-ce que vous cherchez ?".
Bientôt notre quête, notre exploration peut devenir urgente à faire peur, à faire suer d'angoisse. Une course de haies sous le signe de la Benzédrine et du Nembutal. Où donc se trouve ce que vous alliez chercher ? Et, à propos, qu'est-ce que vous cherchez ?".
128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 2, 2017
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Truman Capote
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Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.
He was born as Truman Streckfus Persons to a salesman Archulus Persons and young Lillie Mae. His parents divorced when he was four and he went to live with his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. He was a lonely child who learned to read and write by himself before entering school. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her new husband, Joseph Capote, a Cuban-born businessman. Mr. Capote adopted Truman, legally changing his last name to Capote and enrolling him in private school. After graduating from high school in 1942, Truman Capote began his regular job as a copy boy at The New Yorker. During this time, he also began his career as a writer, publishing many short stories which introduced him into a circle of literary critics. His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, published in 1948, stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks and became controversial because of the photograph of Capote used to promote the novel, posing seductively and gazing into the camera.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Capote remained prolific producing both fiction and non-fiction. His masterpiece, In Cold Blood, a story about the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, was published in 1966 in book form by Random House, became a worldwide success and brought Capote much praise from the literary community. After this success he published rarely and suffered from alcohol addiction. He died in 1984 at age 59.
Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.
He was born as Truman Streckfus Persons to a salesman Archulus Persons and young Lillie Mae. His parents divorced when he was four and he went to live with his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. He was a lonely child who learned to read and write by himself before entering school. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her new husband, Joseph Capote, a Cuban-born businessman. Mr. Capote adopted Truman, legally changing his last name to Capote and enrolling him in private school. After graduating from high school in 1942, Truman Capote began his regular job as a copy boy at The New Yorker. During this time, he also began his career as a writer, publishing many short stories which introduced him into a circle of literary critics. His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, published in 1948, stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks and became controversial because of the photograph of Capote used to promote the novel, posing seductively and gazing into the camera.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Capote remained prolific producing both fiction and non-fiction. His masterpiece, In Cold Blood, a story about the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, was published in 1966 in book form by Random House, became a worldwide success and brought Capote much praise from the literary community. After this success he published rarely and suffered from alcohol addiction. He died in 1984 at age 59.
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January 7, 2018
De belles nouvelles à travers différentes villes ou quartier à travers le monde, portées par la plume unique de Truman Capote.
March 26, 2025
mitigée, collection d'histoires courtes ancrées dans des villes/quartiers
je n'ai pas vraiment aimé les extraits sur les états unis, mais ceux sur haiti, l'europe et tanger étaient intéressants
je n'ai pas vraiment aimé les extraits sur les états unis, mais ceux sur haiti, l'europe et tanger étaient intéressants
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