Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art with Master Misery by Truman Capote [Volume XIX, No. 109, January 1949]
by Connolly, Cyril (Editor); Capote, Truman (Contributor)
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53 Beford Square, London: Horizon, Publisher, 1949. Volume XIX; No. 109; January 1949. Flat signed by Truman Capote at front: "Truman Capote". Very attractive. Contains the 19-page early story, and first publication of, "Master Misery" by Truman Capote. "Master Misery" was Trumans favorite short story and he believed it was under-appreciated. A strange story where what is real and what is imagined is difficult to distinguish. Sylvia finds the work-a-day 9-5 world meaningless in its tedium, and she suffers a breakdown. A haunting beautifully written piece, there are elements of Breakfast at Tiffanys here with a young girl in New York, navigating the big city and life in it. New York has its own energy source for Truman, its own poetry, and here he taps into it. Engrossing and with great characters, Sylvia, the ingenue, is living with her sister and her sisters husband. She ends up meeting a man who "buys dreams". Literally, you tell him a dream you had, and he will pay you. Also included are: "Epilogue On My Host The World" by George Santayana; "British Philosophy Between the Wars" by H.H. Price; HP Hoden on "Expressionism" with reproductions of expressionist art with six pages of coated plates by Ernst Josephson, Edvard Munch, and Oskar Kokoschka. Moderate wear, chip to cover corner. Pages very good. Bind good. 74 pages w/several pages of vintage adverts. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
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- Title
- Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art with Master Misery by Truman Capote [Volume XIX, No. 109, January 1949]
- Author
- Connolly, Cyril (Editor); Capote, Truman (Contributor)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horizon, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- 53 Beford Square, London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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