Patricia Highsmith : her diaries and notebooks, 1941-1995 / Patricia Highsmith ; edited by Anna von Planta ; with an afterword by Joan Schenkar.

"Publishing for the centenary of her birth, Patricia Highsmith's diaries "offer the most complete picture ever published" of the canonical author (New York Times). Relegated during her lifetime to the pulpy genre of mystery, Patricia Highsmith has emerged since her death in 1995 as one of "our great...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995 (Author)
Other Authors: Planta, Anna von (Editor)
Schenkar, Joan (writer of afterword.)
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Highsmith, Patricia, > 1921-1995 > Diaries.
Highsmith, Patricia, > 1921-1995 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Highsmith, Patricia, > 1921-1995.
Authors, American > 20th century > Diaries.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+.
Authors, American.
1900-1999
Diaries.
Notebooks.
Autobiographies.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Genre:
Diaries.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Notebooks.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:xv, 999 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1921-1940: The Early Years
  • 1941-1950: Early Life in New York, and Different Ways of Writing
  • 1951-1962: Living Between the United States and Europe
  • 1963-1966: England, or The Attempt to Settle Down
  • 1967-1980: Return to France
  • 1981-1995: Twilight Years in Switzerland
  • Afterword by Joan Schenkar: Pat Highsmith's After-School Education: The International Daisy Chain
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Time Line of Highsmith's Life and Works
  • Sample of Highsmith's Foreign-Language Notes
  • Note on the Journals' Composition.