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The theme that unites Breakfast at Tiffany's with the three much shorter stories in this volume is the powerful bond of friendship between unexpected people or in unusual circumstances.
The title story is a male fantasy - so I wrote in 2010. Except that Capote was gay, so it's probably his idea of a typical straight man's fantasy. As Carmen says in a comment, she's what we'd now call a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Holly
The story is of course about Holly Golightly, a charming but utterly self-absorbed, ...more
The title story is a male fantasy - so I wrote in 2010. Except that Capote was gay, so it's probably his idea of a typical straight man's fantasy. As Carmen says in a comment, she's what we'd now call a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Holly
The story is of course about Holly Golightly, a charming but utterly self-absorbed, ...more
Foarte mulți cititori sunt pur și simplu fascinați de acest roman. Eu însă am senzația că e puțin supraapreciată. Nu m-a impresionat povestea, iar limbajul colorat al autorului m-a lăsat rece. Așadar, mă număr printre cei care nu sunt fani Capote.
http://stildescriitor.ro/blog/2015/07... ...more
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SOMEDAY, MR. FRED,
YOU TAKE THIS BOOK,
TURN IT INTO A NOVEL.
EVERYTHING IS THERE.
JUST FILL IN THE DETAILS.
WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME LAUGHS.
NO. NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS A BOOK WOULD BREAK THE HEART.
So using a quote from the movie let lunch in to this.
This is not the movie in book form. After reading this book I understand it is the very essence of term "loosely based on" Yeah there a Holly, and yeah there is a Fred, but now we see a gay man who is stuck with a craving of image of something that is ...more
YOU TAKE THIS BOOK,
TURN IT INTO A NOVEL.
EVERYTHING IS THERE.
JUST FILL IN THE DETAILS.
WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME LAUGHS.
NO. NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS A BOOK WOULD BREAK THE HEART.
So using a quote from the movie let lunch in to this.
This is not the movie in book form. After reading this book I understand it is the very essence of term "loosely based on" Yeah there a Holly, and yeah there is a Fred, but now we see a gay man who is stuck with a craving of image of something that is ...more
There are moments when Capote writes a sentence that sounds like he was taking dictation from the angels. From the story "A Christmas Memory:" As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes.
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I don't believe I have ever seen the entire movie and I saw this short story at the library so I picked it up. It's very quirky and as I read the story I can picture Audrey in her black dress and sunglasses! the story was both fun and strange but enjoyed reading it.
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