A Christmas Memory: One Christmas ; The Thanksgiving Visitor

Truman Capote

Modern Library, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 107 pages

Inspired by the author's memories of his boyhood in rural Alabama, a trio of holiday stories--"A Christmas Memory," "The Thanksgiving Visitor," and "One Christmas--describes a boy's relationship with his elderly cousin and alcoholic father and the indelible holiday memories they provided him, in a new gift edition of the holiday classic. Reissue. 35,000 first printing.

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5***** and a ❤ This autobiographical novella is a wonderful, touching story of family love. Capote is at the peak of his writing ability here. Our hearts embrace Buddy and Sookie. The date listed is ...

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Wonderful collection of Capote's remembrances (I'm assuming much of it was autobiographical, or certainly in the memoir mode) of growing up with his elderly cousin and an assortment of aunts and ...

About the author

TRUMAN CAPOTE was born in 1924 and died in 1984. Based on his own boyhood in rural Alabama in the 1930s, A Christmas Memory was orginally published in Mademoiselle in 1956 and later was included in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

BETH PECK, a designer and illustrator of many children's books, fell in love with the writing of Truman Capote and counts her paintings for A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor, also by Capote, among the work that is closest to her heart.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Christmas Memory: One Christmas ; The Thanksgiving Visitor; A Modern Library original; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series; Modern Library; The modern library of the world's best books
• Author: Truman Capote
• Edition: reissue
• Publisher: Modern Library, 1996
• ISBN: 0679602372, 9780679602378
• Length: 107 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Fiction / Classics