Declare Books Toward The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
| Original Title: | The Grass Harp, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories |
| ISBN: | 0679745572 (ISBN13: 9780679745570) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (1952) |
Truman Capote
Paperback | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 4.01 | 5312 Users | 251 Reviews
Describe Out Of Books The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
| Title | : | The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories |
| Author | : | Truman Capote |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | September 28th 1993 by Vintage (first published January 2nd 1956) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Literature. American. Southern |
Description Concering Books The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who one day take up residence in a tree house. AS they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, "that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life."This volume also includes Capote's A Tree of Night and Other Stories, which the Washington Post called "unobstrusively beautiful...a superlative book."
Rating Out Of Books The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
Ratings: 4.01 From 5312 Users | 251 ReviewsRate Out Of Books The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
This story is one of my favorites by Capote. It's based on his upbringing in Alabama with two elderly cousins in Monroeville. Capote wrote some of the best sentences in the 20th Century. I love this from the story: If some wizard would like to give me a present, let him give me a bottle filled with the voices of that kitchen, the ha ha ha and the fire whispering, a bottle brimming with its buttery sugary smells . . .Capote creates some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read. His characters are created with so much care, and I love them all, whether they're good or bad. This novella is perhaps the best example of Capote's skill. Anyone who loves to read gorgeous descriptions of eccentric characters and create a relationship with the story they're reading should pick up this book. It is the epitome of heart-warming.
Capote can write. He knows how to create atmosphere and characters. This short book is so well written, I like it a lot.
Absolutely unreal! You have to read these books!
Absolutely unreal! You have to read these books!
Poppycock : Capote, searching for his voice, bakes a pretentious poppyseed cake with an excess of passion-fruit curds.
I love the way Truman Capote writes. I love his vivid language, flamboyant characters, rhythmic sentences and bold, fantastic scenes.Reading Truman Capote is like eating cheesecake -- every sentence is rich and glorious. Here's a beautiful excerpt from The Grass Harp: Wind surprised, pealed the leaves, parted night clouds; showers of starlight were let loose: our candle, as though intimidated by the incandescence of the the opening, star-stabbed sky, toppled, and we could see, unwrapped above
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