CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Capote, Truman (Author) & Grobel, Lawrence (Interviewer)

ISBN 10: 0453004946 / ISBN 13: 9780453004947

Published by New York City, NY: New American Library, 1985, 1985

About this Item

1st Printing. 244 pages. Published in 1985. The author's final collection of interviews, conducted just before he died. One of the most valuable author-interview collections of the 20th century. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Truman Capote's and Lawrence Grobel's "Conversations With Capote". Twelve witty and eminently quotable interviews conducted by the Playboy Magazine contributor/journalist shortly before Capote's sudden demise. In effect, his Last Words. Crammed with remarks that seesaw between Capote's justifiable pride (about what he achieved) as well as his crippling insecurity (about what he could and did not). Taken as a whole, this book amounts to an artistic credo and a confessional autobiography by one of the most controversial American writers of the 20th century, who also happens to be one of its greatest stylists. It is telling that Capote's reputation abroad has remained steadfast. In France, where Flaubert redefined writing as craft practiced at the highest level of perfection, Capote, the literary artist, endures. In Japan, where Yukio Mishima declared that Capote was one of a handful of truly great American writers, his fame is undimmed. In America, he has needed "revival" every now and then. That would usually be OK, except that American media, critics, and readers lavish fulsome praise upon fashionable, "difficult", and otherwise unreadable "post-modern" writers, so-called, whose work will not endure. An absolute "must-have" title for Truman Capote collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The Number Line must include the Number 1. Do NOT be deceived by the "First Printing" statement that does not come with the complete number line. These are all later printings. Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with vintage black-and-white photographs. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0453004946.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
• Publisher: New York City, NY: New American Library, 1985
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0453004946
• ISBN 13: 9780453004947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: no

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Synopsis

Details on ingredients, equipment, and preparation techniques accompany more than 150 authentic, low-calorie, and economical recipes from Thailand for soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, beverages, and desserts

About the Author

Lawrence Grobel (www.lawrencegrobel.com ) is a novelist, journalist, biographer, poet & teacher. Five of his 22 books were listed in Publisher’s Weekly’s “Best Books of the Year.” He is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship for his fiction and a PEN Special Achievement Award for Conversations with Capote. Writer’s Digest called him “A legend among journalists.” Joyce Carol Oates called him the "Mozart of interviewers." His The Art of the Interview is often used as a textbook for journalism classes. He served in the Peace Corps, directed a graduate writing program for Antioch, and taught at UCLA. He has appeared on CNN, The Today Show, GMA, The Charlie Rose Show and in two documentaries, Salinger & Al Pacino’s Wilde Salome.