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portada Retratos (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Topic
novela contemporánea
Collection
COMPACTOS
Year
2018
Language
Spanish
Pages
168
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
19 x 12 cm
ISBN
8433966707
ISBN13
9788433966704
Edited in
España
Edition No.
6

Retratos (in Spanish)

Truman Capote (Author) · Anagrama · Paperback

Retratos (in Spanish) - Truman Capote

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Synopsis "Retratos (in Spanish)"

Truman Capote fue un maestro de las formas breves y un agudo observador y cronista de su época. Las semblanzas que reúne este volumen son una buena muestra de ambas virtudes. Capote escribe —a veces con ternura, otras con perfidia, siempre con un estilo admirable—sobre figuras muy relevantes de nuestro tiempo, trazando una serie de magistrales retratos como el dedicado a las andanzas japonesas de Marlon Brando durante el rodaje de Sayonara (y que, por cierto, tanto irritó al gran divo); el ya mítico perfil de Marilyn Monroe; una bellísima rememoración en claroscuro de Tennessee Williams; una emotiva aproximación a Elizabeth Taylor, en la que también asoman un desquiciado Montgomery Clift y un ambicioso y ya alcohólico Richard Burton; un acercamiento a «esa leyenda moderna» que fue Jane Bowles y otro al arte fotográfico de Cecil Beaton. Y son precisamente los retratos de otro fotógrafo, Richard Avedon, los que inspiran a Capote una serie de certeros perfiles, empezando por el del propio Avedon, y luego pasando revista a un socarrón John Houston, un ambivalente Chaplin, una coqueta Coco Chanel, un moribundo Somerset Maugham, un errante Ezra Pound, una anciana y fascinante Isak Dinesen, una Mae West de carne y hueso, un Louis Armstrong captado desde la mirada infantil, un Gide que reflexiona sobre Cocteau, un Bogart retratado a través de sus palabras fetiche, un Picasso tan genial que podría provocar instintos asesinos y un Duchamp iconoclasta que bien podría ser su reverso.
Truman Capote
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Truman Capote (1924-1984) was an American writer, journalist, and screenwriter, known for his innovative style and his ability to blend literature with journalism. His most influential work is In Cold Blood (1966), considered one of the first non-fiction novels, in which he narrates the murder of a family in Kansas.

Among his other notable works are Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), a short novel that inspired the famous movie of the same name, and Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), his literary debut. Capote primarily wrote novels, short stories, and investigative chronicles, characterized by their psychological depth and elegant prose. His legacy continues in contemporary literature.
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