A House on the Heights
Download or Read eBook A House on the Heights PDF written by Truman Capote and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Truman Capote |
| Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1892145243 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781892145246 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A House on the Heights by : Truman Capote
Book excerpt: The tranquil life he led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he adored on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, but for a few years in the 1950's and '60's, Truman Capote happily made his home in a yellow brick house on Willow Street. By turns wistful and farcical, A House on the Heights vividly evokes a neighborhood Capote described as among Brooklyn's "splendid contradictions," a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and cartoonish street thugs, of antiques and dowagers, a broad yard overhung with wisteria, and the famous Esplanade with its incomparable view—all rendered in Capote's deft and stylish prose.
