A haunting, sideways look at the world the reveals the truth

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	• Other Voices, Other Rooms Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 41 reviews view larger image
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An unsettling story of coming of age in the rural South.

Never having read a Capote novel or short story before this novel was probably the best way to go. The premise was simple enough: a boy whose beloved mother has died, sets out to live with his estranged father in a rural southern town. The story, however, is not that...ordinary. The mysterious father does not immediately appear, and the young boy is left virtually alone with a mentally imbalanced extended family headed by an aging artist. Capote introduces a Carson McCullers-esque tomboy, a witch doctor, a circus sideshow, and you begin to understand that this novel is about many stories--not just Joel's story. Capote never lets you imagine for a moment that his novel will turn into one of those "feel good" coming of age stories in which, despite setbacks and loopy family arrangements, the young hero or heroine finally "makes it." Our hero moves on in the best way that he can, which is all anybody really can do. I appreciate Capote's sense of reality.

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A haunting, sideways look at the world the reveals the truth

Leaving me in silence, it froze the marrow of my bones--the words softly painting a crystal picture of horror and truth...and beauty and valor. Holding me in its grasp, not letting go until the last words were spoken, and then asking me to read it again, the character's voices calling in my head like ghosts from a grave--a grave Capote himself dug

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One of the most beautiful and haunting books ever written.

This haunting first novel of Truman Capote is a brilliant work. It is a story of youth alienation and coming of age that could be the male companion piece to Carson McCuller's "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." The story is told in a beautifully lyric style. It follows young Joel after his mother has died when he is sent to live with his father that he has never known. Capote paints a vivid picture of the eccentric family of which Joel finds himself a part. Joel desperately tries to find his way in a world that makes little sense. Capote is a master at making depravity beautiful and haunting without losing the sense of corruption or sugar coating the sadness. He delivers a novel that will forever live with the reader as a voice in the rooms of the soul. It is an exquisitely sad voice but not one that should ever be silenced.

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Vivid Imagery, Capote captures the infinite in everything

Capote is so captivating that every chapter could be the premise for another novel.Capote's imagery and creative use of linguistics are spellbinding. Its shocking to think Capote was only 17 when he wrote this masterpiece!

Flood of imagery

I found myself swimming amidst a flood of imagery which was beautiful yet tended to distract me from the story line. I, being from Louisiana, felt that Capote's work creates the ambience of this region in a very effecive manner - gravel roads and moss laden trees included. I found, however, that the characters tended to be of the surface and Capote denied us the depth of thought and feeling with the exception of Joel. This was truly an amazing feat for Capote as his first novel and I can say that I enjoyed the beautiful imagery thoroughly.

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