The Highsmith Reader
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780393080131
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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. 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. Strangers on a Train (1950), transformed into a legendary film by Alfred Hitchcock, displays Highsmith's genius for psychological characterization and tortuous suspense, while The Price of Salt (1952), 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 a half-century of literature and film. Abandoned by the wider reading public in her lifetime, Highsmith finally gets the canonical recognition that is her due.
| ISBN-13 | 9780393080131 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0393080137 |
| Weight | 2.32 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.60 x 2.00 x 9.60 In |
| List Price | $39.95 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 644 pages |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Published On | 2010-12-06 |
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