{"product_id":"breakfast-at-tiffanys-other-voices-other-rooms-hardcover","title":"Breakfast at Tiffany's \u0026 Other Voices, Other Rooms - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood, Portraits and Observations, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether in one volume, here are a pair of literary touchstones from Truman Capote's extraordinary early career: the transcendently popular novella \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOther Voices, Other Rooms, \u003c\/i\u003ethe debut novel he published as a twenty-three-year-old prodigy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of all his characters, Capote once said, Holly Golightly was his favorite. The hillbilly-turned-Manhattanite at the center of \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e shares not only the author's philosophy of freedom but also his fears and anxieties. For Holly, the cure is to jump into a taxi and head for Tiffany's; nothing bad could happen, she believes, amid \"that lovely smell of silver and alligator wallets.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eOther Voices, Other Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e begins as thirteen-year-old Joel Knox, after losing his mother, is sent from New Orleans to rural Alabama to live with his estranged father--who is nowhere to be found. Instead, Joel meets his eccentric family and finds a kindred spirit in a defiant little girl. Despite its themes of waylaid hopes and lost innocence, this semiautobiographical coming-of-age novel revels in small pleasures and the colorful language of its time and place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTruman Capote \u003c\/b\u003ewas born September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. After his parents' divorce, he was sent to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. It was here he would meet his lifelong friend, the author Harper Lee. Capote rose to international prominence in 1948 with the publication of his debut novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Among his celebrated works are \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's, A Tree of Night, The Grass Harp, Summer Crossing, A Christmas Memory, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e widely considered one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. Twice awarded the O. Henry Short Story Prize, Capote was also the recipient of a National Institute of Arts and Letters Creative Writing Award and an Edgar Award. He died August 25, 1984, shortly before his sixtieth birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.26 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757744816416,"sku":"9780812994360","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6a317169fb59c023b7714695ee488e4a.webp?v=1780110732","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breakfast-at-tiffanys-other-voices-other-rooms-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}