The Complete Stories - Truman Capote

Including a previously unpublished story, 'The Bargain', Truman Capote's The Complete Stories is the first-ever complete collection of stories from one of the masters of American literature and the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Reynolds Price. Passionate, perceptive, and eloquent, the short stories of Truman Capote are among the greatest works of twentieth-century American fiction.

Highlights of the Collection:

• Early Southern Gothic tales:
  • 'Miriam'
  • 'The Headless Hawk'
• Brilliantly evocative stories:
  • 'Children On Their Birth-days'
  • 'A Christmas Memory' (a tenderly autobiographical portrayal of Capote's Alabama upbringing)
• City life tales with an outsider's perspective:
  • 'Among the Paths to Eden'
  • The previously unpublished 'The Bargain'

Whether describing the Deep South of his childhood or observing city life with a penetrating gaze, these stories showcase Capote's finest work—acutely observed tales from a unique and brilliant mind.

Truman Capote (1924–1984) was born in New Orleans.