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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences | 
 agrandir | Auteur: Truman Capote
Créateur: Truman Capote
Éditeur: Vintage Books USA
Prix de liste: EUR 9,45
Acheter Neuf: EUR 4,47
Vous épargnez: EUR 4,98 (53%)
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Évaluation moyenne des clients:  2 commentaires
Classement parmi les ventes: 946
Média: Broche
Édition: Reprint
Pages: 368
Poids (kg): 0.4
Dimension (cm): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0679745580
Code Décimal Dewey: 364.15230978144
EAN: 9780679745587
ASIN: 0679745580
Date de publication: Février 1994
Disponibilité: Expedition sous 1 a 2 jours ouvres
Expédition: Livraison internationale disponible
Condition: Neuf livre. Expedie en direct des USA sous 10 a 14 jours.
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"Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans--in fact, few Kansans--had ever heard of Holcomb. Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." If all Truman Capote did was invent a new genre--journalism written with the language and structure of literature--this "nonfiction novel" about the brutal slaying of the Clutter family by two would-be robbers would be remembered as a trail-blazing experiment that has influenced countless writers. But Capote achieved more than that. He wrote a true masterpiece of creative nonfiction. The images of this tale continue to resonate in our minds: 16-year-old Nancy Clutter teaching a friend how to bake a cherry pie, Dick Hickock's black '49 Chevrolet sedan, Perry Smith's Gibson guitar and his dreams of gold in a tropical paradise--the blood on the walls and the final "thud-snap" of the rope-broken necks.
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In Cold Type... Mars 24, 2006
FrKurt Messick (Bloomington, IN USA)
4 sur 4 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile
Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' is enjoying a resurgence of popularity thanks to the Oscar-winning film depicting the author's life and work during the writing of this phenomenal piece. At one point in the film, the character Capote makes the statement that when he thinks about how good this book will be, he can hardly breathe. Perhaps it is because it is part of our history now, I don't consider the book to be that good, but it was a work fairly close to groundbreaking in its impact - it was a new genre, the narrative telling of a non-fiction event as if it were a fictional novel. The narrative centres upon the murder of a Kansas family by two men, Perry Smith and Dick Hicock, who are in many ways far from typical killers, much less cold blooded killers. The family, the Clutters of Holcombe, Kansas, are far from typical victims, nor is this the kind of place such a murder would be expected. Capote does a remarkable job at an even-handed analysis and narrative treatment of all the characters, from the family itself to the townspeople and investigators, as well as the murderers themselves. Perhaps it is because he found an area of identification? This is a psychological thriller of a sort - at least it would be, were it not a true life tale. Getting into the minds of the criminals and the investigators was no easy task for Capote, but what comes forth on the page is very crisp and insightful reporting, without the kinds of embellishments one might expect from a figure such as Capote when dealing with middle-America folk. The question of why for the killing is still never fully resolved, despite Capote's attempt to set out all the story and psychological detail. Perhaps this is as strange as the interest Capote took in the subject in the first place, as well as the effect it had on him, and those around him, ultimately - while Capote himself never again finished a major project after this, that is also true of his assistant, Nell Harper Lee, whose book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (done about the same time as 'In Cold Blood') was also her last major writing. A worthwhile book in many ways.
Portrait of evil Mars 22, 2006
Jackson
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Written as an experiment in blending fiction, non-fiction, and journalism, Truman Capote succeeds in creating a new genre, known now as creative non-fiction, with In Cold Blood. His narrative horrifies, yet compels the reader to experience the 1959 real-life, savage murder of four members of the Clutter family by Perry Smith and Dick Hickock in the rural Kansas community of Holcomb. While the new movie that is out has created a stir, that stir will probably move over to other Capote or Capote-related works: works such as “Other Voices, Other Rooms,” and the novel “A Tour of Southern Homes and Gardens” by McCrae which relies heavily on Capote and his genre. At any rate, Capote is here to stay. I also highly recommend-Giorgio Kostantinos'masterful thriller-QUEST-
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