Rachel's review
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International)
by Truman Capote
Rachel's review
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International) by Truman Capote
Rachel's review
rating:
It wasn't until after seeing "Capote" (excellent film, by the by) that I got the itch to read something by the film's namesake. Thus far my first choice, "In Cold Blood," has been checked out every time I've gone to the library, so I settled instead for his first novel, "Other Voices, Other Rooms."
Given the author's obvious conceit, I was not surprised to see Capote's protagonist, Joel, as a reflection of himself, exemplifying his tendency towards writing semi-autobiographical characters. What interested me more, however, was that in the twenty-fifth anniversary edition I was reading, Capote wrote a forward in which he claimed that it wasn't until re-reading the novel twenty-five years later that he "realized" that the boy was a version of himself. Whatever.
Capote's feigned naivete aside, I must concede that he has good reason to think so highly of himself. His prose is gorgeous, his physical descriptions lush and intricate, and the Sout...more
Given the author's obvious conceit, I was not surprised to see Capote's protagonist, Joel, as a reflection of himself, exemplifying his tendency towards writing semi-autobiographical characters. What interested me more, however, was that in the twenty-fifth anniversary edition I was reading, Capote wrote a forward in which he claimed that it wasn't until re-reading the novel twenty-five years later that he "realized" that the boy was a version of himself. Whatever.
Capote's feigned naivete aside, I must concede that he has good reason to think so highly of himself. His prose is gorgeous, his physical descriptions lush and intricate, and the Sout...more
