The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game (Everyman's Library)
"Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night."―The New Yorker
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.| Country | USA |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| EAN | 9780393080131 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| ISBN | 0393080137 |
| Label | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
| NumberOfItems | 1 |
| NumberOfPages | 644 |
| PublicationDate | 2010-12-06 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Studio | W. W. Norton & Company |
| ReleaseDate | 0000-00-00 |
