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Ficción y Realidad en la obra de Truman Capote
life. 1 was not meant to work in an office or something, though 1 would
have been successflil at whatever 1 did. Rut 1 always knew that 1 wanted to
be a writer and that 1 wanted to be rich and famous.” Success, both as a
writer and as a celebrity, came early, when he was 23 years oíd and
publíshed his flrst novel, “Other Voices, Other Rooms.” It was a crítica!
and financial success, and so were most of the volumes of short stories,
reportage and novellas that followed, including “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,”
“The Muses Are Heard,” “‘[he Grass Harp,” “Local Color,” “The Dogs
Bark” and “Music for Chameleons.”
CIaim to Literary Fame
But the book that perhaps solidified his claim to literar>’ fame was
“In CoId Blood,” his detailed, painstakingly researched and chilling account
of the 1959 slaying of a Kansas farm famil>’ and the capture, trial and
execution of the two killers.
Published serialí>’ in ‘[he New Yorker and then as a book in 1965,
“In CoId Blood” consumed more than six years of his life. But it won him
enthusiastic praise, mountains of publicity, millions of dollars and the
luxur>’ of time to work on “Answered Prayers.”
Rut he accelerated the speed of his journey to celebrity, appearing
on television talk shows and, in his languid accent, which retained its
Southem intonation, indulged a gift for purveying viperish wit and
scandalous gossip. 1-le continued to cultivate seores of the famous as his
friends and confidants, alí the while publishing little and, he said later,
developing a formidable “writer’s block” that delayed completion of
“Answered Prayers.”
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