Breakfast at Tiffany's
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3.7 • 127 Ratings
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Holly Golightly is an unbelievable young woman. Her way of life and manners are not always objective. She just follows her heart and not mind. She wants some things and tomorrow she will be interested in some other feelings or ideas. Holly wants to live in wealth and luxury. She manages to reach this goal. Despite of a quite young age she can charm almost everyone who spoke to her. Her behavior can be interpreted in different ways. Someone thinks Holly is a dishonest woman. One can say there is nothing wrong in her attitude towards men. Holly's nature doesn't let her stop and settle in a certain place. Her life is one big endless journey, which corresponds to the inscription on her mailbox: "Miss Holiday Golightly. Travels".
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Golden Globe winning actor Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under) gives a warm reading of Capote's classic novella. The story is related by an unnamed narrator looking back at the autumn of 1943, when he lived in a brownstone on Manhattan's Upper East Side and befriended his neighbor Holly Golightly. The enigmatic and beguiling young woman is a free spirit with no discernible means of support other than the kindness of the wealthy men who take her to fancy restaurants, swanky parties, and offer the occasional gift. For the next year, the narrator finds himself entranced, intoxicated, and exhausted by Holly's lifestyle, only to have their companionship end when circumstances extract her from the city and his life. Hall brings just the right tone to his narration. His characterizations are simply but effectively portrayed. He narrates the story with an earnest wistfulness that fully embodies the innocent infatuation of youth, but at the same time manages to infuse it with a sweet touch of the nostalgic melancholy. It is a solid, heartfelt performance that never lapses into corny sentimentality and will stay with the listener well after the last chapter. A Vintage paperback.
Customer Reviews
Sadly, sadly
It’s like an out of body experience, I’m floating above a family I remember and am trying to forget but the Golden Cord won’t break and pulls me back to them, my friends and enemies and my pets. The only one happy is ‘cat’ as he sits basking in a window on a sunny day. And I tethered, forever waiting for Love to pull me back in, can’t ask for it to happen
A classic tale
Truman Capote at his best. A soul searching for love and a place to belong, and the men around her trying to help.
A unique story!
I enjoyed reading Breakfast at Tiffany’s! It has that will they won’t they aspect to it. It is a lovely book. The backdrop of New York is perfect for the story. I couldn’t imagine it without NYC.