Voices of Grass (or “The Meadow Harp”) is a lyrical novella by Truman Capote, published in 1951. Its heroes are finely sensitive, unsettled people who long for love and authentic human values—they vaguely feel that something is wrong: they suffer because they cannot live on habit alone, not thinking about anything. But they also can’t find another point of reference, build a life where meaning and harmony would appear.