The grass harp : including A tree of night and other stories / Truman Capote.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2012Edition: Second Vintage International editionDescription: 272 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780679745570
- 0679745572
- Novels. Selections
- Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Grass harp (Novel)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the bestselling author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's comes the story of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who take up residence in a tree house.
"Remarkable. . . . Infused with a tender laughter, charming human warmth, [and] a feeling for the positive quality of life." -- New York Herald Tribune
Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the tale of three misfits who move into 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 "unobtrusively beautiful...a superlative book."
The grass harp -- Master misery -- Children on their birthdays -- Shut a final door -- Jug of silver -- Miriam -- The headless hawk -- My side of the matter -- A tree of night.
The protagonists of these nine short stories learn to accept the harsh loneliness of life.