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Title: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote ISBN: 0-679-74565-3 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (58 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Breakfast anywhere
Comment: I can't tell you that this is a good, but I can tell you that has a strong message: you can do whatever you want to do without hurting anybody and you will have an easier life, but if you hurt yourself while living this way, you will lost everything you have, because you will not like anything that you have until you lose it.
The story of Holly is like many real stories that I know, so the only person who really know if she were happy or not is Holly.
The book is easy to read but not as good as I thought.
Rating: 5
Summary: Why Doesn't Audrey Hepburn Ever Climb In My Bedroom Window?
Comment: Like many readers, my first encounter with Breakfast At Tiffany's the book came after seeing the movie. The two have so much in common that it's difficult to separate them in my mind; the movie benefits from having Audrey Hepburn on the screen a lot in some nice costumes, but suffers from Blake Edwards' typical racial stereotyping, with its transformation of Mr Yunioshi into a bad joke.
But then, Audrey was in the story when I read it, too, so closely did her portrayal match the written character. It's rather difficult to believe that Capote favoured Marilyn Monroe for the part (as he is reported to have done) -- Hepburn even looks like the character described in the story, while Monroe doesn't.
Despite the similarities, there are some interesting differences too, which I won't list here, as discovering them will be part of the fun of the book for anyone who's seen the movie.
The story is of the narrator's relationship with his neighbour Holly Golightly, proceeding from glimpses on the stairs, to passing acquaintance, to volatile friendship, and finally to unrequited love, and loss. But the real subject of the book is the unfolding of Holly's character and past.
The book comes alive when Holly is in the room; she is one of the great memorable characters of modern fiction, and most readers will probably fall in love with her a little.
Also included in the edition I read (and most editions, so far as I can tell) are three short stories by Capote: 'House of Flowers', about a Haitian prostitute; 'A Diamond Guitar', set in a Southern prison; and 'A Christmas Memory', the narrator's (possibly Capote's own) reminiscences of a childhood friend. I wonder how many readers stop when they finish Breakfast? The other three stories are good enough, but lack the greatness of Breakfast. But then, so do most things.
Rating: 3
Summary: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Comment: The character of Holly Golightly is well known to many from Audrey Hepburn's portrayal of her on film. (I have not seen the movie, but I suspect from what I know of it that its tone and storyline differ markedly from that of the novella.) Holly, a "lopsided romantic" in the author's words, is a charming but self-involved, irresponsible, and sometimes mean-spirited young woman with a murkily unpleasant past. She attracts wealthy men to her easily and, in some vague way, makes her living from them. Among those who fall in love with her is the narrator of the book, a neighbor whom she calls "Fred"--her brother's name. "Fred," prompted by the report that she may be in Africa, writes about Holly years after his acquaintance with her has ended. His story suggests that she has managed to charm a new continent-load of men and to land on her feet again, cat-like.
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Title: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote ISBN: 0679745580 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:Breakfast at Tiffany's ASIN: 6305537321 Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.99 |
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Title: The Grass Harp by Truman Capote ISBN: 0679745572 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote ISBN: 0679745645 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Breakfast At Tiffany'S Journal ISBN: 0789306999 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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