The Black House - Softcover

Highsmith, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393326314 ISBN 13: 9780393326314

Verlag: W W NORTON & CO, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life: the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelities—along with love affairs and murder—consume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of "Blow It" and "When in Rome," and the title story explores small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest: melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion.

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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. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: W W NORTON & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393326314
• ISBN 13: 9780393326314
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 270
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