Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories (MP3 CD) (ISBN-13: 9781441769343)

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, 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 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.

Author: Patricia Highsmith
ISBN-10: 144176934X
ISBN-13: 9781441769343
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2010
Format: MP3 CD
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d