The Glass Cell
A Virago Modern Classic
$27.66
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2014
Summary
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
‘Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies’ OBSERVER
‘For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there’s no one like Patricia Highsmith’ TIME
**‘The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power … Highsmith was a genuine one-off’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349004952 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349004951 |
| Author: | Patricia Highsmith, Joan Schenkar |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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My suspicion is that when the dust has settled and when the chronicle of 20th-century American literature comes to be written, history will place Highsmith at the top of the pyramid, as we should place Dostoevsky at the top of the Russian hierarchy of novelists - Daily Telegraph
Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies - ObserverFor eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there’s no one like Patricia Highsmith - Time[Highsmith’s] characters are irrational, and they leap to life in their very lack of reason; suddenly we realize how unbelievably rational most fictional characters are… . Highsmith is the poet of apprehension rather than fear - Graham GreeneAbout The Author
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.
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