Summer Crossing
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“Witness the coming together of Truman Capote’s voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World
“A great breezy read . . . with Capote’s trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.”—New York
A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she’s been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.
“A great breezy read . . . with Capote’s trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.”—New York
A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she’s been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.
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Format
Softcover
Pages
162
Price
14.50 €
Posts
4.5
Ein Roman des 19 jährigen Truman Capote, der erst posthum gefunden und veröffentlicht wurde. Ein Geschichte, die schon das Können und die Beobachtungsgabe zeigt, die den späteren Capote ausmachen. Eine Sommergeschichte übers Ausbrechen, übers Jungsein, über Erfahrungen die man machen muss und über Konsequenzen die daraus folgen.
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Ich war neugierig auf Truman Capote. In einer sehr besonderen Sprache - klar und nicht poetisch- mit einer hervorragenden Beobachtungsgabe, erzählt er uns von Grady. Eine 17 jährige aus der New Yorker High Society nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Ihre Gesellschaftsschicht ödet sie an und so versucht sie im beschriebenen Sommer mit Hilfe einer Liebe auszubrechen. Das plötzliche Ende ist eher ein Gefühl, als ein Ereignis, und eines das einen deshalb zum Nachdenken bringt.
Description
“Witness the coming together of Truman Capote’s voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World
“A great breezy read . . . with Capote’s trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.”—New York
A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she’s been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.
“A great breezy read . . . with Capote’s trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.”—New York
A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she’s been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.
Book Information
Main Genre
N/A
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
162
Price
14.50 €
Posts
4.5
Ein Roman des 19 jährigen Truman Capote, der erst posthum gefunden und veröffentlicht wurde. Ein Geschichte, die schon das Können und die Beobachtungsgabe zeigt, die den späteren Capote ausmachen. Eine Sommergeschichte übers Ausbrechen, übers Jungsein, über Erfahrungen die man machen muss und über Konsequenzen die daraus folgen.
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