Other Voices. Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote | Iulia Covrig | Degree in English Studies
Group: 2ºA
Professor: Maya García de Vinuesa |
INDEX: 1. Other Voices, Other Rooms. Chapter 8………………………………….2 2. Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos. Capitulo 8………………………………….5 3. Analysis…………………………………………………………8 4. Bibliography…………………………………………………….10
Other Voices, Other Rooms. Chapter 8
Truman Capote
Randolph dipped his brush into a little water-filled vinegar jar, and tendrils of purple spread like some fast-growing vine. “Don’t smile, my dear,” he said. “I am not a photographer. On the other hand, I could scarcely be called an artist; not, that is, if you define artist as one who sees, takes and purely transmits: always for me there is the problem of distortion, and I never paint so much what I see as what I think: for example, some years ago, this was in Berlin, I drew a boy, not much older than yourself, and yet in my picture he looked more aged than Jesus Fever, and whereas in reality his eyes were childhood blue, the eyes I saw were bleary and lost. And what I saw was indeed the truth, for little Kurt, that was his name, turned out to be a perfect horror, and tried twice to murder me…exhibiting both times, I must say, admirable ingenuity. Poor child, I wonder whatever became of him…or, for that matter, me. Now that is a most interesting question: whatever became of me?” As if to punctuate his sentence he kept, all the while he talked, thrusting the brush inside the jar, and the water, continually darkening, had at its center, like a hidden flower, a rope of red. “Very well, sit back, we’ll relax a minute now.” Sighing, Joel glanced about him. It was the first time he’d been in Randolph’s room; after two hours, he still could not quite take it in, for it was so unlike anything he’d ever known before: faded gold and tarnished silk reflecting in ornate mirrors, it all made him feel as though he’d eaten too much candy. Large as the
Group: 2ºA
Professor: Maya García de Vinuesa |
INDEX: 1. Other Voices, Other Rooms. Chapter 8………………………………….2 2. Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos. Capitulo 8………………………………….5 3. Analysis…………………………………………………………8 4. Bibliography…………………………………………………….10
Other Voices, Other Rooms. Chapter 8
Truman Capote
Randolph dipped his brush into a little water-filled vinegar jar, and tendrils of purple spread like some fast-growing vine. “Don’t smile, my dear,” he said. “I am not a photographer. On the other hand, I could scarcely be called an artist; not, that is, if you define artist as one who sees, takes and purely transmits: always for me there is the problem of distortion, and I never paint so much what I see as what I think: for example, some years ago, this was in Berlin, I drew a boy, not much older than yourself, and yet in my picture he looked more aged than Jesus Fever, and whereas in reality his eyes were childhood blue, the eyes I saw were bleary and lost. And what I saw was indeed the truth, for little Kurt, that was his name, turned out to be a perfect horror, and tried twice to murder me…exhibiting both times, I must say, admirable ingenuity. Poor child, I wonder whatever became of him…or, for that matter, me. Now that is a most interesting question: whatever became of me?” As if to punctuate his sentence he kept, all the while he talked, thrusting the brush inside the jar, and the water, continually darkening, had at its center, like a hidden flower, a rope of red. “Very well, sit back, we’ll relax a minute now.” Sighing, Joel glanced about him. It was the first time he’d been in Randolph’s room; after two hours, he still could not quite take it in, for it was so unlike anything he’d ever known before: faded gold and tarnished silk reflecting in ornate mirrors, it all made him feel as though he’d eaten too much candy. Large as the
Bibliography: 1. Capote, Truman. Other Voices, Other Rooms. New York: Signet, 1963. Print. 2. Capote, Truman. Otras Voces, Otros ámbitos. Barcelona: Edhasa, 1970. Print. 3. Galimberti, Jarman Beatriz., Roy Russell, Carol Styles. Carvajal, and Jane Horwood. The Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. Print. 4. "English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com." English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2013.