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Other Voices, Other Rooms (Thorndike Classics) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Truman Capote (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 245 pages
  • Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company; Lrg edition (Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0783884915
  • ISBN-13: 978-0783884912
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Almost a good book., 19 Dec 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International) (Paperback)
At times Capote's first novel is brilliant: as all the other reviews have said, the imagery is wonderfully evocative. Yet, compared to later work (Breakfast At Tiffany's, In Cold Blood) this novel seems fussy, ellusive and (at times) over-written. Moreover, certain characters are either frustratingly two-dimensional or pretentious. In short, Capote was trying too hard. But then he was only 17, and there's enough in this book to hint towards what a superb writer he was to become.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An unsettling story of coming of age in the rural South., 10 July 1998
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This review is from: Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International) (Paperback)
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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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great novel and a classic, 21 July 1999
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This review is from: Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International) (Paperback)
A powerful novel that addresses initiation through the innocence the Joel loses from his stay at Skully's landing. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves the classics.
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