In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, “House of Flowers,” “A Diamond Guitar,” and “A Christmas Memory,” which the Saturday Review called “one of the most moving stories in our language.” It is a tale of two innocents—a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend—whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.

Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Capote’s short fiction–a volume that confirms his status as one of the masters of this form. Among the selections are “A Tree of Night,” in which an innocent student, sitting on a train beside a slatternly woman and her deaf-mute companion, enters a seductive nightmare that brings back the deepest fears of childhood . . . “House of Flowers,” the inspiration for a celebrated Broadway musical, which tells of a superstitious prostitute who learns to love in a way no one else can ever understand . . . the holiday perennial “A Christmas Memory,” famously adapted into a superb made-for-TV movie . . . and “The Bargain,” Capote’s melancholy, never-before-published 1950 story about a suburban housewife’s shifting fortunes. From the gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places and people of Capote’s oeuvre are captured in this first-ever compendium. The Collected Stories of Truman Capote should restore its author to a place above mere celebrity, to the highest levels of American letters.

在线阅读本书 When Joel Knoxs mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father. Truman Capotes first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms is a brilliant, searching study of homosexuality set in a shimmering landscape of heat, mystery and decadence.

在线阅读本书 Holly Golightly, glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She's a shoplifter, a delight, a drifter, a tease. She hasn't got a past.She doesn't want to belong to anything or anyone. Not to 'Rusty' Trawler, the blue-chinned, cuff-shooting millionaire man about women about town. Not to Salvatore 'Sally' Tomato, the Mafia sugar-daddy doing life in Sing Sing. Not to a starving writer. Not even to her one-eyed rag-bag pirate of a cat. One day Holly might find somewhere she belongs. Until then she's travelling.

什麼原因讓兩名凶手犯下滅門血案？當作家試圖剖析凶手的心靈時，他的目光、他的筆，比凶刀更加冰冷…… 這是文學史上最富傳奇也最冷血的書寫。1959年11月15日，美國南方小鎮發生滅門血案，吸引了作家卡波提的注意，他立即趕到當地，開始一連串訪談，包括對死者親友、鄰居、當地警局，以及最重要的──兩名殺人嫌犯。 往後五年半之間，卡波提全心投入於調查被害者一家、兩名凶手（狄克與貝利）的身世，並重建慘案發生經過，與近身採訪兩名嫌犯接受審判的過程。為了深入了解凶手的心靈，卡波提與嫌犯成為好朋友。有人說卡波提在兩人身上看見自己悲慘的童年，也有人說，卡波提最後愛上了凶手。 嫌犯自力救濟，四處發函抗議判決不公。但上訴官司最後沒打成，凶手仍然伏法，而描繪他們心靈狀態的《冷血》於1966年出版，成為美國最暢銷的文學經典，卡波提也藉此登上文學殿堂的巔峰，但他從此再沒能完成新的作品。

《冷血》（英文：In Cold Blood）是美国作家楚门·卡波特于1966出版的小说，详述1959年一起位于堪萨斯州霍尔库姆，优渥农人赫伯特·克拉特一家遭灭门的残暴凶杀案。卡波特获悉此事后，与好友作家哈波·李决定一同前往当地进行调查。他们访问了当地居民与该案的调查人员，摘记了上千页的纪录。凶手狄克与贝利在犯案后不久被逮捕，卡波特随后耗尽六年心血著成此书。《冷血》被公认是非虚构小说鼻祖及新新闻主义先驱，同时也成了卡波特的经典代表作之一。 Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. At the centre of his study are the amoral young killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock, who, vividly drawn by Capote, are shown to be reprehensible yet entirely and frighteningly human. The book that made Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative.

Contains: Breakfast at Tiffany's House of Flowers A Diamond Guitar A Christmas Memory

National Bestseller On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

《冷血》主要内容简介：11月15日，夜，堪萨斯州，霍尔科姆村。几声枪响，良善温和、广受尊敬的克拉特及其一家惨遭灭门。凶手异常凶残狡猾：被害人均被击中面部，电话线被割断，子弹壳也消失不见……一时间，平静的村庄陷入前所未有的猜忌与恐惧，案件震惊了整个美国。 卡波特立即赶到当地，开始一连串访谈，对象包括死者亲友、邻居、当地警察，以及最重要的——两名凶案嫌疑人。 一个天才的作家，经过长达六年的精心梳理，逐渐将案件重建、还原：从案发现场到发现蛛丝马迹，从凶手与亲人温情的通信到最终被吊上冰冷的绞索。当作家试图打开凶手的内心时，他的灵魂、他的目光、他的笔，比凶刀更加绝望冰冷。 点击链接进入： 《冷血》 《蒂凡尼的早餐》

本书是美国作家杜鲁门•卡波特23岁时的代表作，带有自传性质，围绕着一名少年寻找自我的历程展开各方面的议论，对孤独、恐惧、爱情、寻根、成长等主题进行了探索。这是一部美国南方哥特式小说，诗意、奇特而复杂，其中充满了比喻和象征，是有声有色的文字游戏：华丽、璀璨，大胆地炫耀写作技巧，具有鲜明的实验性。作者将其思想用半隐秘的语言流动式地环环相扣地表达出来，显示了其对语言惊人的驾驭能力，被誉为“20世纪中期文学的试金石”。