{"product_id":"the-grass-harp-9780679745570","title":"The Grass Harp","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who take up residence in a tree house. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable. . . . Infused with a tender laughter, charming human warmth, [and] a feeling for the positive quality of life.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet on the outskirts of a small Southern town, \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tale of three misfits who move into a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume also includes Capote's \u003ci\u003eA Tree of Night and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"unobtrusively beautiful...a superlative book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRUMAN CAPOTE was a native of New Orleans, where he was born on September 30, 1924. His first novel, \u003cb\u003eOther Voices, Other Rooms\u003c\/b\u003e, was an international literary success when first published in 1948, and accorded the author a prominent place among the writers of America's postwar generation. He sustained this position subsequently with short-story collections (\u003cb\u003eA Tree of Night\u003c\/b\u003e, among others), novels and novellas (\u003cb\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/b\u003e), some of the best travel writing of our time (\u003cb\u003eLocal Color\u003c\/b\u003e), profiles and reportage that appeared originally in \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cb\u003eThe Duke in His Domain\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Muses Are Heard\u003c\/b\u003e), a true-crime masterpiece (\u003cb\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/b\u003e), several short memiors about his childhood in the South (\u003cb\u003eA Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor, and One Christmas\u003c\/b\u003e), two plays (\u003cb\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHouse of Flowers\u003c\/b\u003e and two films (\u003cb\u003eBeat the devil\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/b\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Capote twice won the O.Henry Memorial Short Story Prize and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He died in August 1984, shortly before his sixtieth birthday.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627871277330,"sku":"9780679745570","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6408c524-7f44-4965-86f9-5c92cbc148fe.jpg?v=1732725097","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-grass-harp-9780679745570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}