Breakfast at Tiffany's. The first thing that comes to the mind of most people would be Audrey Hepburn. The movie was a hit and until today, even the younger generation had heard of it. I have never watched the movie even though I owned it but I have watched the trailer and the movie is something that I want to start on in the next 1 month.
What some people did not know is that the movie is just loosely inspired by the book and Truman Capote actually did not approve the story nor Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. The Holly Golightly in his mind was Marilyn Monroe.
What prompted me to pick up this book is definitely because of the movie. I always like to read a book before watching the movie adaption as I find that the book has more details and would have helped me understand the movie better.
In the novel, Holly Golightly is a country girl turned New York café society girl. What is a café society girl? Café society is actually a real nightclub in New York back in the 1930s to 1940s. Holly Golightly is a girl who mingled in nightclub, having men pick up her tabs, showering her with luxury gifts. You may think that she sounds like a hooker but that's not the impression that I've got when I was reading the book. She did not just invite any men into her room despite them paying her expenses. She was faithful to Rusty Trawler for a while (though I don't think she really loved him), and she was willing to marry José if not for her incident with the law.
Despite her friendship with 'Fred', her neighbor, I find that she had never really open herself to anyone except her real brother, Fred, and Doc Golightly. I loved her character but the novella was too short to really cover much about her. It's like we are just getting short glimpse through her life without really going into depth.
For this classic read, although I like it, it isn't something that I would re-read over the years. However, I would recommend everyone to read it at least once to get a glimpse of Holly Golightly's life.
I shall end my post with 2 favorite quotes from the book:
“I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
Excerpt From: Truman Capote. “Breakfast at Tiffany's.”
“Not knowing what’s yours until you’ve thrown it away.”
Excerpt From: Truman Capote. “Breakfast at Tiffany's.”
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