tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post156826261884156233..comments2024-03-28T22:42:54.810-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Breakfast at Tiffany's: Truman CapoteTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-24842235176345155172019-11-06T21:30:42.022-08:002019-11-06T21:30:42.022-08:00It has been so long since I read IN COLD BLOOD, Co...It has been so long since I read IN COLD BLOOD, Col. I remember thinking it was good but it was hard to read I think.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-5439683047288449952019-11-05T02:23:19.385-08:002019-11-05T02:23:19.385-08:00I think I'll stick to IN COLD BLOOD for now at...I think I'll stick to IN COLD BLOOD for now at least. It does sound quite good though.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-85506704581490780962019-11-03T13:09:07.145-08:002019-11-03T13:09:07.145-08:00Very interesting story about Capote and Bogart, Ma...Very interesting story about Capote and Bogart, Mathew. He was an interesting person and I would like to learn more about him. So many things I would like to read.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-34587872462788612342019-11-03T06:23:00.467-08:002019-11-03T06:23:00.467-08:00A masterful wordsmith, altho I imagine some male r...A masterful wordsmith, altho I imagine some male readers were put off by the echo of effeminacy that comes thru the writing, as it did in his person. I read <i>Breakfast</i> not long after it came out, and was too inexperienced to feel threatened by the delicate tone--and this was before I saw him on TV. Much later it amused me to learn Humphrey Bogart was making fun of Capote in a bar. Capote had written <i>Beat the Devil</i>, a comedy in which Bogie and the gang played rogues (and which I found tedious and unfunny). Anyway, Bogie implied Capote was a sissy, so Capote challenged him to an arm-wrestling contest, which they commenced to do. After Capote pinned his opponent repeatedly, he lisped, "It's all in the wrists, a matter of leverage." I've no doubt Bogart by then well understood that lisp. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-6998436930015534432019-10-30T19:59:21.061-07:002019-10-30T19:59:21.061-07:00Me too, Nan. And it makes me sad that I cannot rem...Me too, Nan. And it makes me sad that I cannot remember books I read in my childhood, or even in high school. My mother took us to the library all the time. I was always reading. What classics did I read then? Although I do remember reading Thomas Hardy and War in Peace, probably closer to college.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-80346308056855602472019-10-30T10:42:47.416-07:002019-10-30T10:42:47.416-07:00I know people who have been keeping track for ages...I know people who have been keeping track for ages, and I wish I had begun much earlier. I have only a vague remembrance of childhood and high school reading.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-36801613177546878922019-10-29T21:41:38.301-07:002019-10-29T21:41:38.301-07:00I liked reading it, Nan, but I also like some upli...I liked reading it, Nan, but I also like some uplift in my reading and there was none there. And if I read about unlikable characters I want them to be interesting in some way. <br /><br />It is great that you can go back and see what you thought about what you read. I started listing what I read in 2002 but not any comments about my thought about them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-45255568991045158672019-10-29T10:31:03.511-07:002019-10-29T10:31:03.511-07:00I agree. It is depressing. I had seen the movie, a...I agree. It is depressing. I had seen the movie, and what I like most about it is the music. I found what I had jotted down in 2003. <br /> Breakfast At Tiffany's 1958<br />By Truman Capote<br />Fiction Novella C-<br /><br />I found it depressing, with a negative view of life and people. It was like I was slogging along; just getting through the boring pages. I simply did not care about anyone. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-6605875703645934712019-10-28T18:04:29.613-07:002019-10-28T18:04:29.613-07:00I would like to read more about Capote's relat...I would like to read more about Capote's relationship with Harper Lee, Katrina. I would also like to try other things he has written.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-54149024006477206432019-10-28T18:01:32.879-07:002019-10-28T18:01:32.879-07:00I probably never would have read this book if it h...I probably never would have read this book if it had longer, Margot, but when I found out that it was a novella, I thought I should read it. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-18679719372299422212019-10-28T15:21:11.629-07:002019-10-28T15:21:11.629-07:00I did enjoy it and as I recall the film is a bit d...I did enjoy it and as I recall the film is a bit different from the book. I like his writing so I should get around to reading more by Capote - sometime. Part of me still sees him as Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird and his friendship with Harper Lee intrigues me.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-69012450527336636832019-10-28T08:39:26.239-07:002019-10-28T08:39:26.239-07:00Capote did write well, Tracy, so I'm not surpr...Capote did write well, Tracy, so I'm not surprised you felt that way about this one. Not uplifting, as you say, but a well-written story with a vivid sense of place and time.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-15950752278569576072019-10-27T21:03:48.338-07:002019-10-27T21:03:48.338-07:00The book would be more of a downer, Rick. The only...The book would be more of a downer, Rick. The only other thing I have read by Capote is In Cold Blood, and that was too long ago to remember, and it was non-fiction (mostly). I did like his writing in this book but I won't be reading it again. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-16625947024799873152019-10-27T14:36:33.396-07:002019-10-27T14:36:33.396-07:00I too have seen the film, and loved the music, but...I too have seen the film, and loved the music, but thought the film a downer and never wanted to read the book. I have read other things by Capote, and have thought him an adequate wordsmith.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com