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Ficción y Realidad en <strong>la</strong> obra <strong>de</strong> Trz~nzan Capote<br />

Everyman Opera, that had performed George Gershwin’s<br />

opera, around tite world... Taking advantage of a thaw in the<br />

CoId War, it was going to carry tite Stars and Stripes into tite<br />

center of tite enemy camp, becoming tite flrst American<br />

company to perform in tite Soviet Union since tite Bolsitevik<br />

Revolution. Truman should go along, tite composer said, and<br />

write an account oftite group’s adventures. . . ¡‘he New Yorker,<br />

witich promished to publish the story he brought back, paid his<br />

expenses;” (C<strong>la</strong>rke:290).<br />

Dice Capote que en Berlín se alojó en el Hotel Kempinski (Capote<br />

1973:172) y hab<strong>la</strong> igualmente <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> Kudamm Strasse. Símbolos ambos <strong>de</strong>l<br />

Berlin Oeste y que aún hoy en día se mantienen con el mismo encanto y<br />

solera. De cualquier forma, <strong>la</strong> obra comienza con <strong>la</strong> asistencia <strong>de</strong>l autor a<br />

un “briefing” diplomático para dar <strong>de</strong>talles <strong>de</strong> aquel viaje. Para asistir a tal<br />

evento dice el autor que<br />

“1 sitared a taxi with Mrs. Ira Gershwin and a<br />

square-cut, muscu<strong>la</strong>r man called Jerry <strong>La</strong>ws, who was<br />

formerly a boxer and is presentí>’ a singer. Mrs. Gershwin is<br />

of course tite wife oftite lyricist, who, asi<strong>de</strong> from being tite<br />

brotiter of its composer, is itimself co-autitor of Porgy and<br />

Bess. Periodically, for tite past four years, site had Idi her<br />

husband at home in Beverí>’ Hilís to accompan>’ tite opera<br />

on its round-tite —world wan<strong>de</strong>rings” (Capote 1973).<br />

Los Breen, los Gershwin, etc.. embarcaron hacía Moscú el 19 <strong>de</strong><br />

Diciembre <strong>de</strong> 1955 <strong>de</strong>spués <strong>de</strong> que, tras <strong>la</strong> reunión, como cuenta Capote,<br />

todos los miembros <strong>de</strong>l grupo se preguntaban sobre los habituales<br />

procedimientos <strong>de</strong>l gobierno ruso, es <strong>de</strong>cir, los transportes, <strong>la</strong>s escuchas,<br />

los registros, etc.. Es, en el comienzo <strong>de</strong>l viaje en sí, cuando Capote<br />

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