Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (526 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441769331 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 177 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
''Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night.'' --The New Yorker''For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith.'' --Time''For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith.'' --Time''For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith.'' --Time
. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories. PATRICIA HIGHSMITH (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, and The Talented Mr
With a critical introduction by Joan Schenkar, situating Highsmith's classic works within her own tumultuous life, this book provides a useful guide to some of her most dazzlingly seductive writing. Abandoned by the wider reading public in her lifetime, Highsmith finally gets the canonical recognition that is her due.. The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories, featuring two groundbreaking novels as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. Strangers on a Train, transformed into a legendary film by Alfred Hitchcock, displays Highsmith's genius for psychological characterization and tortuous suspense, while The Price of Salt, with its lesbian lovers and a creepy PI, provides a thrilling and highly controversial depiction of ''the love that dare not speak its name.'' Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories firmly establishes Highsmith's centrality to American culture by presenting key works that went on to influence half a century of literature and film
"A Very Enjoyable "Must Read"" according to Hank's Wife. Quality writing propels the reader forward, and that describes Patricia Highsmith's style perfectly. None of the current fad of slap-dash writing and throwing in a word that sends us to the dictionary (and discovering another word would have been more appropriate anyway): not impressed - rather, very depressed. We all think we know "Strangers On a Train". "Five Stars" according to David A. Levine. EXCELLENT. Four Stars I enjoyed all the selections loved strangers on a train