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Kleines Meisterwerk, 27. Juli 2006
Holly Golightly bleibt eine der faszinierendsten Gestalten in der Literatur- und Filmgeschichte. Audrey Hepburn hat die wunderschöne und auf den ersten Blick selbstbewusste doch in Wahrheit tieftraurige und zerbrechliche junge Frau in das Gedächtnis einer ganzen Generation gebrannt. Capotes Buchvorlage steht dem Film jedoch in nichts nach sondern ist in vielen Belangen noch mitreißender als der Film. Das liegt vor allem an seinem Schreibstil, der einerseits glasklar und doch voll von ausgefallen Vergleichen und Metaphern. Am deutlichsten wird das in der anfänglichen Beschreibung der Protagonistin:
"It was a warm evening, nearly summer, and she wore a slim cool black dress, black sandals, a pearl choker. For all her chic thinness, she had an almost breakfast-cereal air of health, a soap and lemon cleanness, a rough pink darkening in the cheeks. her mouth was large, her nose upturned. A pair of dark glasses blotted out her eyes. It was a face beyond childhood, yet this side of belonging to a woman."
Aus der Sicht des Erzählers, ein Nachbar und erfolgloser Schriftsteller, erleben wir die zwei Seiten der Holly Golightly: Einerseits ein Partygirl und Schwarm aller Männer, die den körperlichen Wünschen ihrer Verehrer nur allzu gerne nachkommt; andererseits voller Einsamkeit durch die Straßen New Yorks wandernd und träumend vor den Fenstern von Tiffany stehend. "It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear", sinniert sie traurig vor sich hin.
Ihr Wunsch nach Freiheit wird durch ihr Verhältnis zu ihrer Katze verdeutlicht. Vor der Polizei flüchtend entlässt sie ihren langjährigen Weggefährten gegen Ende der Erzählung in die Freiheit. In einer Herzzereissenden Szene im strömenden Regen in einer dunklen Gasse, muss Holly, tränenüberströmt ihren Freund mit Fußtritten und Steinwürfen davon überzeugen, es ihr gleichzutun und den Schritt in die Freiheit zu wagen.
Fazit: Schillernde Figur, fantastische Sprache. Ein kleines Meisterwerk.
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Grown man reduced to tears, 28. Oktober 1999
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I'm a grown man of thirty with a child on the way. But on reading 'A Christmas Memory', I have to admit it brought tears to my eyes. Especially when little Buddy is sent off to the military school and his friend is left alone to prepare the christmas cakes all by herself. No where in literature can you find the definition of nostalgic memories so beautifully crafted as in the last two pages of the story. Like I said, I'm a grown man, really unaccustomed to shedding tears especially if induced by a book. But it happened. As for Breakfast at Tiffany's - Holly Golightly is something else. In the end, you pity her because you know, that she will never find her Tiffany anywhere in the world. The curse of the wandering soul has left her alone and lonely. Brilliant. I can't say enough to recommend this brilliant book. Read it first, and then watch the movie. Though Peppard and Hepburn proved worthy actors, the soul of the book, the innocence and the stark realization of real life is not as clearly depicted as in the book.
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Holly Golightly is all of us, 25. Mai 2000
Holly Golightly was in the 60's what Holly would be in the year 2000. A dreamer, a tad shy, a woman on a quest and deep inside a tad scared. I pulled the book off my bookshelf Tuesday as I was in a thoughtful mood and needed to ready something short but with depth that would remind me what life is all about.And after I read the book I watched the movie and was also reminded what class is all about, in watching Audrey Hepburn. She was much like Holly and there are some excellent books via Amazon.com on her as well that I recommend. But for Breakfast At Tiffany, I give thanks to Truman for this priceless gift. When you read the book even if you have seen the movie, you can still visualize using todays standards etc her standing at Tiffanys eating breakfast (fast food), and having the quaint apartment in NYC and scampering down the fire escape to visit her male neighbor. In fact it is easier to visulaize now then in the 60's when the book and movie were daring, because while most people may have had affairs (sex outside marriage) it was not something so in the open as it is today. In fact the book is fun because when you read it, you compare then and now and realize how much things have changed yet also stayed the same. I also cry at the scene where the cat she loved put out on the street in the rain. I wonder if people realize that this was an act of such pain and angst. She loved that cat so much yet, it was herself she saw being put out in the rain, all alone, scared and not sure what was going to happen next.
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