{"product_id":"patricia-highsmith-her-diaries-and-notebooks-9781474617611","title":"Patricia Highsmith Her Diaries and Notebooks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e''My secrets - the secrets that everyone has - are here, in black and white.''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore Alfred Hitchcock adapted her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e, for the big screen; before Thomas Ripley snaked his way into the canon of psychological suspense; before \u003ci\u003eCarol\u003c\/i\u003e became a cult classic of romantic obsession, who was Patricia Highsmith?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in 1941 and encompassing Highsmith''s adventurous twenties, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Years\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate self-portrait of a young artist, reading voraciously and honing her craft, intertwined with scenes from her dizzying social life, rife with sleepless nights spent in the queer bars of Greenwich Village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis condensed edition of Highsmith''s monumental \u003ci\u003eDiaries and Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e offers all the pleasures of her fiction, along with an unparalleled insight into the life, mind and times of this enigmatic, iconic, trailblazing author. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the most observant and ecstatic accounts . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe whole book is excellent. Highsmith is pointed and dry about herself and everything else. But the early chapters are special. They comprise one of the most observant and ecstatic accounts I've read - and it's a crowded field! - about being young and alive in New York City\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers the most complete picture ever published of how Highsmith saw herself\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the finest writers in the English language\u003c\/b\u003e -- Richard Osman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the literary highlights of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI don't think I've ever met a person as troubling or intelligent, frustrating and frustrated, and triumphantly alone. A master diarist as much as novelist. Highsmith's \u003ci\u003eHer Diaries and Notebooks \u003c\/i\u003eare a portrait of a time, a long passage from the forties to the nineties, and you've never travelled on this perspective before \u003c\/b\u003e -- Eileen Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighsmith's astonishing candour in the witness stand of her personal notebooks, and heartbreaking self-exposures in the jury box of her diaries, are like nothing else in American confessional literature \u003c\/b\u003e -- Joan Schenkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI love Highsmith so much. What a revelation her writing was \u003c\/b\u003e -- Gillian Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew writers fathomed with such intensity the dark places of the human mind \u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is no one quite like Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anita Brookner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighsmith was every bit as deviant and quirky as her mischievous heroes, and didn't seem to mind if everyone knew it \u003c\/b\u003e -- J. G. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpens a window onto this extraordinary writer's inner life and working methods . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea welcome addition to the work of a most eccentric genius\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe quippiness of the journals is a delight, few can sum up the creative life this deliciously\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides stunning access to the mind of a notoriously secretive author\u003c\/b\u003e * Vanity Fair *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Her Diaries and Notebooks] testify to the recalcitrant, unrelenting spirit of this great American curmudgeon and gifted crime writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Focus *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quarter century after the death of novelist Highsmith (1921-1995), fans are given a fascinating and unprecedented look into the 'playground for her imagination' . . . Devotees and historians alike will linger over every morsel\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisclosures from a meticulously documented life. . . An admirably edited volume for scholars and voracious fans\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid portrait of a driven, impassioned, brutal and remarkably singular person, with a vast appetite for women, alcohol and - above all - her work\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere comes Patricia Highsmith at last, striding out of the closet, in her own words . . . A frank, and frankly disturbing, portrait of a writer who concealed the personal sources of her work for her entire life\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs well as the late-night parties, alcohol and short-lived love affairs, we see a serious writer at work, determined to resist being pigeonholed\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith's diaries are something to behold, She is deliciously eccentric and droll, her romances always threaded with bitterness and lust\u003c\/b\u003e -- Eva Wiseman * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese secret diaries take us inside Patricia Highsmith's brilliant yet twisted mind . . . Here then, laid out for us, is the private life Highsmith transmuted into fiction, into those great novels in which innocence and guilt, good and evil meld into one another so alarmingly\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unguarded portrait of a young woman taking the first tentative steps into the worlds of sex and literary endeavour . . . a capacious portrait of a complex author and a compelling coming-of-age story\u003c\/b\u003e * Prospect Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers insights into the thriller writer's many passions and creative intellect\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeep them beside the bed, dip into them each night. And read them you must. Magnificent\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighsmith likens herself to \"a steel needle\", and her insights puncture complacency as if piercing flesh. She is the murderer, and we are all the victims\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408903643479,"sku":"9781474617611","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474617611.jpg?v=1730504634","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/patricia-highsmith-her-diaries-and-notebooks-9781474617611","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}