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Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp and other Stories," is lyrical, mystical, spiritual, blissful and mournful. The characters in the novel and short stories are amazingly well defined and the narrative rings with a brutal honesty that only the greatest of writers have ever achieved. Mr. Capote is among the greatest post World War 2, American writers that has ever put pen to paper. As great as Mailer, DeLillo, Updike, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin and Arthur Miller.

It is easy to forget after the major successes of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood," the volume and magnitude and beauty of Capote's other works. "The Grass Harp and other Stories" is one of those other treasures. The characters of Dolly, the Judge, Verena, and Catherine in "The Grass Harp"are vivid illustrations and portrayals of rural Alabama that touch the reader in such a way as to make them unforgettable. Mr. Capote was so in touch with his Alabama roots and childhood that it is easy to forget, while reading this wonderful novel and short stories, that his frame and celebrity was ever associated with New York.

Mr. Capote has always been one of my favorite writers. His ability to grab at the inner soul of his readers and to transport them to a place few people have ever visited has always left me breathless and in awe.


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The Grass Harp and The Tree of Night And Other Stories Truman Capote 9780451161772 Books Reviews

Capote was a master story teller. I really miss him. This is a great little volume, not to be dismissed.
Great collection showcasing Capote's versatility.
Tuman Capote is one of my favourite writers. His prose is light, even when dealing with tough matters, as human matters sometimes are. He has mastered the technic of writing romances and short stories, and as a great writer, he manages to turn particular themes in universal topics.
This is my first read by Truman Capote. Most of the time I was intertwined and intrigued by his writing. Sometimes however I got a bit lost and had to read parts again. Not giving up and will read more by Truman Capote.
I had not read this before. Well written and great characters! The collection of short stories are mostly well done - short stories are a different type of writing from novels. There were a couple of the short stories that I just didn't get, but overall the book is a great read.
The relationship with his elderly cousin Sook Faulk is the source of the true emotion that supported his art.
This is a very poetic telling of the story of an episode either imagined or real of his life spent with his Alabama cousins. When he describes her as “simple”, I think he means to compliment her by it and not demean her.
The Grass Harp
By Truman Capote
Reviewed by Maureen Huntington
The Grass Harp is a short story written by Truman Capote in 1951; set in the countryside of the Deep South. The hills in the small town were beautifully covered with Indian grass that change color with the seasons. The wind makes a sound the locals called the grass harp.
When the eleven year old Collin Fenwick’s mother died, his father sent him to live with his cousins Verena and Dolly Talbo. Verena, was a whip-thin, handsome woman who was the richest person in town. Owning most of the stores in town had hardened Verena, who was actually younger than her sister. Dolly was a shy lady who could disguise herself as an object in the room, a shadow in the corner, whose presence was a delicate happening. She also allowed Verena to make all her decisions. Catherine Creed was Dolly’s only friend. Catherine had been hired out to Mr. Uriah Talbo and had grown up with the Talbo sisters. She lived in the back yard in a tin roofed house with sunflowers set among butterbean vines. She claimed to be Indian, which made most people wink because Catherine was dark as the angels of Africa. Dolly and Catherine were inseparable; reason being that Dolly was the only one who could understand Catherine. With no teeth in her head her lips flapped when she spoke, that is unless she had it packed with cotton. Dolly and Catherine gathered herbs in the forest every Tuesday so Dolly could stew and bottle her Dropsy cure. People in town bought Dolly’s Dropsy cure, but most of them died of natural causes any way.
Collin lived very well with the sisters and Catherine. He was called a runt in school which angered him and the girls. Every day Dolly would get hold of his feet and Catherine his head and pull. At sixteen he had grown to the height of an average human being.
Everything was going well until Dr. Morris Ritz; a shyster came to town and talked Verena into selling Dolly’s recipe for Dropsy to him. It was the first time anyone had seen Dolly rebuff Verena.
Dolly, Catherine and Collin left Verena’s house and went to live in a tree house. Two huge China trees that grew together had years ago been made into a tree house by winding the limbs together. The tree grew in such a way that steps to the tree house could easily be maneuvered even for Dolly who was a little hippy. They each took all their belongings plus the leavings from Thanksgiving dinner. The adventures that followed, well, you will just have to read this delightful story.
Mr. Capote based this story on his Aunt Sook Falk, another aunt and her servant. This is his second novel. In Cold Blood scared the daylights out of me so I have shied away from Capote books since. This was a mistake I am trying to rectify. The Grass Harp is a collection of his short stories and is delightful. A Christmas Memory is another fantastic story. I agree with one reviewer who said The Grass Harp reminded him of Steinbeck’s Canary Row. Both were very funny stories.
Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp and other Stories," is lyrical, mystical, spiritual, blissful and mournful. The characters in the novel and short stories are amazingly well defined and the narrative rings with a brutal honesty that only the greatest of writers have ever achieved. Mr. Capote is among the greatest post World War 2, American writers that has ever put pen to paper. As great as Mailer, DeLillo, Updike, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin and Arthur Miller.

It is easy to forget after the major successes of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood," the volume and magnitude and beauty of Capote's other works. "The Grass Harp and other Stories" is one of those other treasures. The characters of Dolly, the Judge, Verena, and Catherine in "The Grass Harp"are vivid illustrations and portrayals of rural Alabama that touch the reader in such a way as to make them unforgettable. Mr. Capote was so in touch with his Alabama roots and childhood that it is easy to forget, while reading this wonderful novel and short stories, that his frame and celebrity was ever associated with New York.

Mr. Capote has always been one of my favorite writers. His ability to grab at the inner soul of his readers and to transport them to a place few people have ever visited has always left me breathless and in awe.