Introduction of the ebook: Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
Đánh giá : 3.63 /5 (sao)
Slowly, 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 the fantasy of suburban bliss. Each of these twelve pieces, like all great short fiction, is a crysta Slowly, 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 the fantasy 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. …more
Review ebook Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
Adult situations (murder, child abuse, child death), YA execution. I lost count of how many dei ex machina involved life-ending blows to the head.
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