The Dogs Bark (anthology)

The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places is an anthology of works by American author Truman Capote. It was published on September 12, 1973 and includes essays from Local Color and Observations, as well as The Muses Are Heard.[1]

The Dogs Bark(Anthology)
First edition cover
AuthorTruman Capote
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreCollection
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1973
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages419 pp
ISBN978-0-452-25161-8
OCLC3532337

Conception

The work is largely retrospective look at Truman Capote's life spanning the time frame from 1942 to 1972. The title, inspired by the author André Gide is taken from an Arab proverb: "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on."

Reception and critical analysis

Lis Harris when writing for The New Yorker said: "Capote describes these pieces as "silhouettes and souvenirs" and "a written geography of my life"—a somewhat diaphanous description, but, like most of Capote's nonfiction writing, completely apt. The title is taken from an Arab proverb: "The dogs bark but the caravan moves on" (Gide to Capote one day in Tangiers when Capote was grumbling about a bad review), and most of the pieces are about people and places Capote has observed while moving on since 1942. Though large and covering a long period of time, this book is innocent of political or social opinions of any sort; if Capote has any, he has always kept them out of his writing; and there is a certain shallowness to the collection because of it. It bulges, however, with sharp, subtle observations of people, fascinating reminiscences and travel jottings, wonderful sketches, anecdotes and yarns, and, among other things, the most frightening horror story you've ever heard. Not a deep plate of soup, perhaps, but a marvelously tasty one."

gollark: 3.14159265358979
gollark: WHY DO YOU HAVE AN EVAL COMMAND
gollark: Well, I could, but it wouldn't be the election.
gollark: This election has been mismanaged in several ways - it's not even on Pi Day!
gollark: If they disagree, KILL BOTH CANDIDATES AND HAVE A NEW SET.

References
Notes
  1. Long, Robert Emmet. Truman Capote, enfant terrible (New York: Continuum, 2008), page 99.
Bibliography
  • Amoia, Alba; Knapp, Bettina L. (2004). Multicultural writers since 1945: an A-to-Z guide (1st ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-30688-4.
  • Long, Robert Emmet (2008). Truman Capote, enfant terrible (1st ed.). New York: Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-2763-2.
  • Stanton, Robert J. (1980). Truman Capote: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography (1st ed.). New York: G K Hall & Company. ISBN 978-0-8161-8108-7.
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