Six Summers - A Memoir
Author | : Vincent Tipre |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781598584127 |
ISBN-13 | : 159858412X |
Rating | : 4/5 (12X Downloads) |
Download or read book Six Summers - A Memoir written by Vincent Tipre and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary writer Patricia Highsmith is best remembered today for her chilling psychological thrillersThe Talented Mr. RipleyandStrangers on a Train. A critically acclaimed best seller in Europe, Highsmith has for too long been underappreciated in the United States. Starting in 2011, Grove Press will begin to reissue nine of Highsmith’s works.Elevenis Highsmith’s first collection of short stories, an arresting group of dark masterpieces of obsession and foreboding, violence and instability. Here naturalists meet gruesome ends and unhinged heroes disturb our sympathies. This is a captivating, important collection from “one of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the twentieth century” (Otto Penzler).