Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

-posted on behalf of Erin Smith (NFCC student)

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
One of the best books I’ve read recently was the original Breakfast at Tiffany’s novella by Truman Capote. Of course, everyone is familiar with the movie starring Audrey Hepburn as the sophisticated waif, Holiday Golightly. I am a huge fan of the movie and adore Ms. Hepburn in the leading role and so I dived eagerly into the book Nearly all book are, of course, better than their Hollywood counterparts, but with Breakfast at Tiffany’s I was surprised and just how much better Capote’s novella was. The movie was very different from the novella; they contained many of the same storylines and scenes, but the overlying feel was very different. Many of the subplots from the book were eliminated for the movie and the ending was changed entirely. I was a little surprised to find that on the very first page of the novella the movie ending was thrown completely out of the window, but by the time I had finished the novella, I was far more satisfied with it’s ending than the movie’s ending. I highly recommend it.

Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder

In the aftermath of the I-35 bridge failure in Minnesota, Kathy Sale recommended The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, a novel about a bridge collapse in 18th century Peru. I just finished it and highly recommend it. The book traces the story of the five persons killed, and asks why these five--were they better persons than others? Worse? Were they needed by society less than others? They each had weathered a crisis in their lives and had come to a resolution, but died before being able to begin anew. Wilder's prose is lyrical and imaginative. It's a great short novel that still speaks to our times.

Nasty Bits

- Posted on behalf of Trish Hinton

"The Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain was great fun. Irreverent, profane...and yes, profound. Anthony Bourdain - whom we can see in living color on the Travel Channel - is so suave, sexy, down right cool. Laugh out loud stories from his extensive travels. I recommend it to anyone.

Welcome to the NFCC Library Blog

Welcome. This our first library blog. If you have read a great book lately, please tell us a little bit about it and why you like it. Someone may take your suggestions and check it out. We welcome your contributions!