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Truman Capote
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Pages: 128 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0679602372
Pub: Random House Inc
Pub date: 1996-11-30
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 364859
Reader Reviews:
A Christmas Tradition (1/1 people found this helpful)
I have been reading this book to my children every Christmas season since they were old enough to sit still for a "long" picture book. They are now teenagers but still like to hear the story. Based on Capote's childhood memories, it recounts the private Christmas traditions which he shared with an elderly cousin in a home short on money and necessities but not lacking in warmth, humor, or love. Prepare to smile and to weep as you read.
Perfection. A treasure, especially for Southerners. (4/4 people found this helpful)
Before I read the text of Capote's masterpiece, I saw the 1967 television production with Geraldine Page and literally fell in love with it. Long before the short story was adapted by many literature anthologies, I read it aloud to my students between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In fact, I had my freshmen students write letters to Mr. Capote in 1977. We were very surprised to receive a postcard of thanks from him in his distinctive, delicate script. The card is a treasure of mine to this day. Now that I have left the classroom, I take out the story and read it aloud to myself at this time of year. It is a gem. I have yet to read it without tears in my eyes when I finish. No piece of literature has ever affected me quite the way "A Christmas Memory" has. I can't imagine any Southerner reading it and not nderstanding the era and locale and the mystique of "fruitcake weather."
a christmas tradition (1/1 people found this helpful)
this book is an overlooked small masterpiece. the drawings in this particular edition, softly and delicately accurate, make it a perfect book for family reading. it's a beautiful story that makes me cry reading it every time. there is also a short movie version of this story--read entirely by truman himself--that is also a joy to watch. i cant imagine ANYone not being touched by the message of love in this book.
Terrific! (3/3 people found this helpful)
He uses the power of his pen, as powerful as his "In Cold Blood" - but this time, he warms the readers heart.. and forever.
a wonderful story to read aloud with family (1/1 people found this helpful)
This year our Winter Party for Book group chose to read this book aloud. As we sat around the table, we took turns reading the story. Truman Capote's writing is so eloquent, the changing of reader's did not influence the story. I was captivated by his experiences. I am waiting for a "30 fruit cake day".
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