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A writer recalls his bond with Holly Golightly fifteen years ago. They met in the old New York building where both lived. He hoped to become a writer then. Holly was young, odd, and hard to know. She called herself a traveller. As they grew close, her views and free life drew him in. Her past held secrets that drew him in too. So did her strange adventures.

Truman Capote tells this novella in spare prose. The short novel takes a clear, straight path. It suits readers who like tales that explore a person’s traits. It also suits those drawn to tales of finding oneself. Holly’s story puts a twist on the Cinderella tale. Her hopes help her through her troubled youth. Yet they hold no promise of lasting joy. The book looks at the drive to succeed. It also explores the chance to make oneself anew.

Capote’s birth name was Truman Streckfus Persons. His life began in New Orleans in 1924. His parents split, and his mother’s family raised him in Alabama. He later moved to New York and took his stepfather’s surname. At seventeen, he left school to work at The New Yorker. He began to place stories in literary journals. His first novel brought him notice in 1948. He wrote both fiction and plays. His work shows irony and a will to defy. It also takes a close look at the mind.

Constantin Popescu translated this edition from English. It forms part of the Biblioteca Polirom Esențial series. The story became a film in 1961. Audrey Hepburn starred in it.