{"product_id":"patricia-highsmith-patricia-highsmith-9780393080131","title":"Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories","description":"The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of \u003cem\u003ePatricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/em\u003e (1950), transformed into a legendary film by Alfred Hitchcock, displays Highsmith's genius for psychological characterization and tortuous suspense, while \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\" \u003cem\u003ePatricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Highsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393080137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393080131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.64w x 1.76d","brand":"Patricia Highsmith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048622977279,"sku":"9780393080131","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7259c6c0-08b5-4f6a-984c-8c7ee6229a53.jpg?v=1684996849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patricia-highsmith-patricia-highsmith-9780393080131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}