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- 203 pages
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A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote's Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she's been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.
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La traversée de l'été, Truman Capote
- Language
- Released
- 2006
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €6.09
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- Title
- La traversée de l'été
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Truman Capote
- Publisher
- Grasset
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 203
- ISBN10
- 2246703018
- ISBN13
- 9782246703013
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Love, Family, Friendship, USA, Relationships, 20th century, American Literature, Society, Novellas, Teens, New York, America, Summer, First love, Post-War Era, Forbidden Love, Brooklyn, Heatwave, Truman Capote
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- Summer Crossing
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote's Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she's been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.