{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-of-truman-capote-9781400096916","title":"The Complete Stories of Truman Capote","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote's life's work in the form he called his \"great love,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Capote's status as a master of the short story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To best experience Capote the stylist, one must go back to his short fiction. . . . One experiences as strongly as ever his gift for concrete abstraction and his spectacular observancy.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places and people of Capote's oeuvre are here, in stories as elegant as they are heartfelt, as haunting as they are compassionate. Reading them reminds us of the miraculous gifts of a beloved American original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRUMAN CAPOTE was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924. In 1948 his first novel, \u003ci\u003eOther Voices, Other Rooms, \u003c\/i\u003e was published to international critical acclaim, assuring Capote a place among the prominent postwar American writers. He won the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize twice and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His other works include \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/i\u003e, and the nonfiction masterpiece \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. He died on August 25, 1984. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eREYNOLDS PRICE is the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University and the distinguished author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays. He lives in North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627586097426,"sku":"9781400096916","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32accf13-0c3b-4d47-8045-d9296727c1bc.jpg?v=1732677028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-stories-of-truman-capote-9781400096916","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}