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'What I've found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's. It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits...' Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home. Full of sharp wit and exuberant, larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless, madcap era of 1940s New York, Breakfast at Tiffany's will make you fall in love, perhaps for the first time, with a book.
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Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925. By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories, some of which were published. After leaving school at fifteen he worked for the New Yorker, his first - and last - regular job. Following this Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). He lived, at one time or another, in Greece, Italy, Africa and the West Indies, and travelled in Russia and the Orient. Capote is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949), The Grass Harp (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), In Cold Blood (1965), which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication, Music for Chameleons (1980) and Answered Prayers (1986). Truman Capote died in 1984.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's Book Review
2012/3/29
形式:ペーパーバック
Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote is a novel that every college student can compare to. Capote does a wonderful job of characterization, especially in Holly Golightly, and the message that each character is meant to convey. I love this story for many reasons but one is simply the character Holly Golightly. Being a current college student and a female, there is a lot to be comparable to Holly. She has major issues of the need to be independent, never truly feeling safe to rely on someone and the how difficult it is for her to talk about personal things. `Her cheek came to rest against my shoulder, a warm damp weight. "Why are you crying?" She sprang back, sat up. "Oh, for God's sake," she said, starting for the window and the fire escape, "I hate snoops." This book also has fantastic symbols that strengthen the novel. Capote has Holly wearing sunglasses most of the time. This again strengthens the idea that she dislikes people getting close to her and seeing who she truly is and her past. The novel is classified as a classic for a reason. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a must read for everyone of any age. Anyone going through a time in their life of making decisions, finding who you truly are or have general issues of trusting people and getting close to them, this read is perfect.
The American Geisha
2012/2/4
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In an interview with Playboy, Capote calls Holly Golightly an "American geisha."
Set in the mid 1940s, Breakfast at Tiffany's takes a striking look at female sexuality.
Holly Golightly is one of America's most famous and controversial heroines. The blonde beauty stumbles gracefully-perhaps a little tipsy-into the narrator's life and assumes command of his heart and the story. The narrator is a sad sort of person. He reminds me of Nick from The Great Gatsby. They are both ineffectual men who are in love with a woman, all the while completely disapproving of her.
Holly hails from Texas, where at 14 she married and became a step-mother. Soon she abandoned her post as wife and mother for life in the big city. The ex-child-bride makes a living by spending time with wealthy men who shower her with gifts and cash. She is a New York cafe society girl. Holly is not a prostitute really. Nevertheless, Holly is a skill-less girl in an era when women didn't have a lot of options. Independence comes at a price.
Near the end of the story, the prospect of marriage opens up an opportunity to leave her life as a geisha behind, and Holly jumps at the idea of domesticity and motherhood. Marriage seems to be her only way out of society girl life. But when she gets in trouble with the law, Holly's marriage plans fall to pieces.
Every man in the story is completely taken with Holly. There is something about her beautiful nonchalance and engaging, endless chatter that has men falling over themselves just to be around her. Breakfast at Tiffany's is really quite a pathetic portrayal of men.
Yet Holly is not exactly likeable either. Under her elegantly simple exterior, she is a maze of contradictions. She's rather shallow, has no convictions, doesn't seem too bright, and is kind of a floozy. Yet she adores her brother and is sympathetic toward her former husband; these glimpses of her humanity make her a believable-if not likable- character. Her unpredictability is infinitely intriguing!
By the way, Breakfast at Tiffany's is actually a novella, meaning an incredibly short novel (or an incredibly long short story). The novella itself is about 90 pages long, but Breakfast at Tiffany's is an umbrella title that shelters three additional stories (I skipped those).
Set in the mid 1940s, Breakfast at Tiffany's takes a striking look at female sexuality.
Holly Golightly is one of America's most famous and controversial heroines. The blonde beauty stumbles gracefully-perhaps a little tipsy-into the narrator's life and assumes command of his heart and the story. The narrator is a sad sort of person. He reminds me of Nick from The Great Gatsby. They are both ineffectual men who are in love with a woman, all the while completely disapproving of her.
Holly hails from Texas, where at 14 she married and became a step-mother. Soon she abandoned her post as wife and mother for life in the big city. The ex-child-bride makes a living by spending time with wealthy men who shower her with gifts and cash. She is a New York cafe society girl. Holly is not a prostitute really. Nevertheless, Holly is a skill-less girl in an era when women didn't have a lot of options. Independence comes at a price.
Near the end of the story, the prospect of marriage opens up an opportunity to leave her life as a geisha behind, and Holly jumps at the idea of domesticity and motherhood. Marriage seems to be her only way out of society girl life. But when she gets in trouble with the law, Holly's marriage plans fall to pieces.
Every man in the story is completely taken with Holly. There is something about her beautiful nonchalance and engaging, endless chatter that has men falling over themselves just to be around her. Breakfast at Tiffany's is really quite a pathetic portrayal of men.
Yet Holly is not exactly likeable either. Under her elegantly simple exterior, she is a maze of contradictions. She's rather shallow, has no convictions, doesn't seem too bright, and is kind of a floozy. Yet she adores her brother and is sympathetic toward her former husband; these glimpses of her humanity make her a believable-if not likable- character. Her unpredictability is infinitely intriguing!
By the way, Breakfast at Tiffany's is actually a novella, meaning an incredibly short novel (or an incredibly long short story). The novella itself is about 90 pages long, but Breakfast at Tiffany's is an umbrella title that shelters three additional stories (I skipped those).
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