{"product_id":"a-christmas-memory-von-truman-capote-1","title":"A Christmas Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare a captivating tribute to the Christmas season\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'We set about choosing a tree. \"It should be,\" muses my friend, \"twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can't steal the star.\"'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected from across Truman Capote's writing life, these Christmas stories range from nostalgic, semi-autobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; while in other stories, a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241820216\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241474426\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9780241820216","offer_id":57301044265285,"sku":"9780241820216","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9780241474426","offer_id":57635256959301,"sku":"9780241474426","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d6845d2e-0618-4af9-bf50-d7634ddf2aef.jpg?v=1780372881","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/a-christmas-memory-von-truman-capote-1","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}