
"Highsmith's writing is wicked . . . it puts a spell on you, after which you feel altered, even tainted."―Entertainment WeeklySlowly, Slowly in the Wind brilliantly assembles many of Patricia Highsmith's most nuanced and psychologically suspenseful works. Rarely has an author articulated so well the hypocrisies of the Catholic Church while conveying the delusions of a writer's life and undermining...
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (December 17, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780393326321
ISBN-13: 978-0393326321
ASIN: 0393326322
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 2151136
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y of suburban bliss. Each of these twelve pieces, like all great short fiction, is a crystal-clear snapshot of lives both static and full of chaos. In "The Pond" Highsmith explores the unforeseen calamities that can unalterably shatter a single woman's life, while "The Network" finds sinister loneliness and joy in the mundane yet engrossing friendships of a small community of urban dwellers. In this enduring and disturbing collection, Highsmith evokes the gravity and horror of her characters' surroundings with evenhanded prose and a detailed imagination.