Other Voices, Other Rooms (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Truman Capote
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Friendship, Mississippi, Loneliness, Isolation
- Locales: New Orleans, LA, Skully’s Landing
Places Discussed
*New Orleans. Louisiana city that is Joel’s hometown. It is a place where he feels isolated and alone, but one that nurtures his growing interest in the adult world. He never feels at home in New Orleans. Feeling like an outsider, he often skips school and hangs out with older, African American fruit pickers. His alienation from the gloomy city is not helped by his lack of friends and parents, and he daydreams about stowing away on a banana boat to Central America and becoming an adult with a good job in some foreign city. In his dreams, he wants to be as far...
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