Christmas Memory

Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season

Selected from across Capote's writing life, they range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; it is Sook who teaches Buddy the true meaning of good will. In other stories, an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore; an eccentric young girl dreams of Hollywood; and a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York. Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.

Tandre si dulci-amarui, aceste povesti ale lui Truman Capote formeaza un tribut captivant adus sezonului de Craciun. Selectate din intreaga viata de scriitor a lui Capote, ele variaza de la portrete nostalgice ale copilariei pana la lucrari mai nelinistitoare care dezvaluie intunericul de sub sclipiciul festiv. In sudul adanc al tineretii lui Capote, un baiat, Buddy, si iubita lui fecioara ,,matusa" Sook furajeaza pentru nuci pecan si whisky pentru a se coace in prajituri cu fructe, fac zmee - prea stricate pentru a cumpara cadouri - si se trezesc inainte de zori pentru a pregati ospaturile pentru un adunare zdrentuita de oaspeti; Sook este cel care il invata pe Buddy adevaratul sens al bunavointei.