Wonderfully rich and playful character studies: the preservation of childlike innocence, despite of (or because of?) grimy, desperate and hopeless circumstances. Holly Golightly’s wit and charm are endearing- a character universally adored and pitied at the same time. The other stories in this collection also boast the same sad markings in fortune yet sweetness of heart. Set in a rhythmical pace that is reminiscent of the Blues, (vs. the Reds: “the blues are because you’re getting fat, or maybe its been raining too long. You’re sad, that’s all. But the mean reds are horrible”) Capote strikes the perfect balance between light-hearted shoulder shrugs and soulful interactions of the heart, the pathetic yet the wholly not unlovable.
“Not that I give a hoot about jewelry. Diamonds, yes. But its too tacky to wear diamonds before you’re forty; and even then that is risky. They only look right on the really old girls.”
-Breakfast at Tiffany’s-
“He stood there whispering the names of the evening starts as they opened in flower above him. The starts were his pleasure, but tonight they did not comfort him; they did not make him remember that what happens to us on earth is lost in the endless shine of eternity. Gazing at them- the stars- he thought of the jeweled guitar and its worldly glitter.”
-The Diamond Guitar-
“For we are champion kite-fliers who study the wind like sailors; my friends, more accomplished than I, can get a kite aloft when their isn’t enough breeze to carry clouds.”
-A Christmas Memory-
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