Summer Crossing
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Milford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
In 1966, Capote, flush with the success of In Cold Blood, abandoned his Brooklyn apartment along with its contents, which included a box that his house sitter rescued from the street.
Years later, the box was found to contain the manuscript of Capote's first novel from 1943.
Looking forward in content to Breakfast at Tiffany's, but more cautious in style, this is a fascinating literary time capsule.
Synopsis
Summer Crossing is Truman Capote's first novel. It was written when Capote was working for The New Yorker. The book was first published in 2005, after it was thought to have been lost for over 50 years: Capote claimed to have destroyed the book, along with several other notebooks of prose, in a fit of harsh self-criticism. The writings had instead been rescued from the trash by the house sitter of an apartment in Brooklyn Heights in which Capote lived in the late 1940s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2102
- Title
- Summer Crossing
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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