Evocative Southern Gothic coming-of-age tale.
If you're intrigued by the complexities of youth and the haunting beauty of the South, "Other Voices, Other Rooms" is a poignant read. Capote's prose weaves a dense tapestry of emotion and place, drawing you into Joel's search for connection amidst a backdrop of decay and eccentricity. This novel is a testament to Capote's ability to explore deep themes with lyrical finesse.
ISBN: 9780679745648
Authors:
Truman Capote
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 1994-02-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.77
(rated by 15700 readers)
Description
Published when Truman Capote was only twenty-three years old, Other Voices, Other Rooms is a literary touchstone of the mid-twentieth century. In this semiautobiographical coming-of-age novel, thirteen-year-old Joel Knox, after losing his mother, is sent from New Orleans to live with the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at Skully’s Landing, the decaying mansion in rural Alabama, his father is nowhere to be found. Instead, Joel meets his morose stepmother, Amy, eccentric cousin Randolph, and a defiant little girl named Idabel, who soon offers Joel the love and approval he seeks.Fueled by a world-weariness that belied Capote’s tender age, this novel tempers its themes of waylaid hopes and lost innocence with an appreciation for small pleasures and the colorful language of its time and place.This new edition, featuring an enlightening Introduction by John Berendt, offers readers a fresh look at Capote’s emerging brilliance as a writer of protean power and effortless grace.From the Hardcover edition.
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