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Format:
Book
Title:
Beautiful shadow : a life of Patricia Highsmith
Other title(s):
Life of Patricia Highsmith
ISBN:
9781582341989
Edition:
First United States edition.
Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury, [2003]
Physical Description:
viii, 534 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents:
The forever seeking 1921 and before -- Born under a sickly star 1921-1927 -- A house divided 1927-1933 -- Suppressions 1933-1938 -- The taste of freedom 1938-1940 -- A trail of unmade beds 1940-1942 -- The dungeon of thy self 1942-1943 -- A carefully nurtured bohemianism 1943-1945 -- The strange, subtle pluckings of terror 1945-1948 -- How I adore my Virginias 1945-1948 -- Yaddo, shadow--shadow, Yaddo! 1948 -- Instantly, I love her 1948-1949 -- Carol, in a thousand cities 1949-1951 -- Two identities: the victim and the murderer 1951-1953 -- Pat H, alias Ripley 1953-1955 -- Each Man is in His Spectres power 1955-1958 -- This sweet sickness 1958-1959 -- A lurking liking for those that flout the law 1959-1960 -- The ultra neurotic 1960-1962 -- A freedom from responsibility 1962-1964 -- Love was an outgoing thing 1964-1967 -- This shimmery void 1967-1968 -- The false, the fake and the counterfeit 1968-1969 -- An equal opportunity offender 1969-1970 -- Name: Ishmael 1970-1971 -- What are the odds of cat versus person? 1971-1973 -- The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot 1973-1976 -- Your kisses fill me with terror 1976-1978 -- A girl who allows me to dream 1978-1980 -- People who knock on the door 1980-1982 -- A strange interior world 1982-1983 -- Work is more fun than play 1983-1986 -- No end in sight 1986-1988 -- A face accustomed to its ghosts 1988 -- Art is not always healthy and why should it be? 1988-1992 -- I hesitate to make promises 1992-1995.
Summary:
A critical biography of suspense author Patricia Highsmith draws on a vast archive of diaries, notebooks, and letters, as well as interviews with friends, colleagues, and lovers, to offer a portrait of the lesbian author and her literary works.
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