Description:
1949TRUMAN CAPOTE'S
"A TREE OF NIGHT"
FIRST EDITION, STATED FIRST PRINTING
HARDCOVER
RANDOM HOUSE
Hardcover, First Edition, Stated First Printing of Truman Capote's " A Tree of Night" The horror stories in A Tree of Night and Other Stories involve recurring themes of isolation and emotional anxiety. The protagonists are not quite ready to grow up, whether they are adults or children. The adult characters are emotionally isolated and bear unresolved emotional conflicts from childhood. Overall the stories are noted for involving "sexual anxiety and dysfunction without solidly grounded detail. This has a portion of the dust jacket taped to the inside front board. There s a light stamp on the half title page and a faint tiny one on the lower page block. No other markings. Binding is solid. Top of the spine has some light fray.
