Where the world begins

Each of these earliest stories by Truman Capote may surprise, as they all show the signature of the great stylist. Since Capote was ten years old, he knew that he wanted to be a writer, and during his time in high school he trained himself daily on his typewriter in the craft of writing. In the short stories he wrote at the time, he created his own imaginative universe, which, unlike what you would expect from a teenager, is populated by characters who have little to do with a student's experiences. All these vivid and idiosyncratic characters, the haunting images, the straightforward, brilliant language and the narrative power already reveal in the young Truman Capote the very special voice of the older Capote.