Small G: A Summer Idyll

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出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.
2005-06
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780393327038
定价: 168.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 320页
正文语种: 英语
  • InunmistakableHighsmithianfashion,"Smallg,"PatriciaHighsmith'sfinalnovel,opensnearaseedyZurichbarwiththebrutalmurderofPeteyRitter.Unravelingthevagariesoflove,sexuality,jealousy,anddeath,Highsmithweavesamysterybothhilariousandastonishing,aclassicfairytaleexecutedwithacharacteristicpenchantfordarkness.PublishedinpaperbackforthefirsttimeinAmerica,"Smallg"isatonceanexorcismofHighsmith'sliterarydemonsandarevelatorycapstonetoawhollyremarkablecareer.Itisadelightfullyincantatoryworkthat,inthetraditionofShakespeare's"AMidsummerNight'sDream,"showsushowbizarreandunpredictablelovecanbe. PatriciaHighsmithThoughshepennedsuchgreatpsychologicalcrimenovelsasStrangersonaTrainandTheTalentedMr.Ripley,PatriciaHighsmith'sgiftswentlargelyunrecognizedbyAmericanreadersuntilrecently.Fortunately,Highsmith'sbizarre,subtlyshadednovelsweretoogoodtoremainobscure.BiographySuspensenovelsareoftendescribedas"chilling,"butnooneturnsdownthereader'semotionalthermostatquitelikePatriciaHighsmith,authorofsuchhauntingpsychologicalthrillersasStrangersonaTrainandcreatorofthesociopathicseriesprotagonistTomRipley.Duringherlife,HighsmithwasapopularauthorinEurope,whereshelived;inhernativeUnitedStates,however,herbookswentsporadicallyinandoutofprintfordecades.Now,thewriterwhomGrahamGreenecalled"thepoetofapprehension"hasfinallygainedrecognitionintheStates--notonlyasamasterofthesuspensegenre,butasaliteraryauthorofraretalent.HighsmithgrewupinTexasandNewYork,butspentmostofheradultlifeinEngland,FranceandSwitzerland.Bymostaccountsshewasalonerwhoavoidedotherpeople,includingotherwriters;butshedidhaveearlyhelpinhercareerfromTrumanCapote,whogotherastintattheYaddowriters'colonyinNewYork.Herfirstnovel,StrangersonaTrain,tellsthestoryofanarchitectandapsychopathwhomeetonatrainand"swap"murders.ThebookgainedHighsmithconsiderablefame,especiallyafteritwasmadeintoafilmbyAlfredHitchcock.Asecondnovel,ThePriceofSalt,wasprintedunderapseudonymafterherfirstpublishersturneditdown.Thoughhersubsequentworksdidn'tsellwellinherhomecountry,shekeptturningoutthekindsofnovelsandshortstoriestheNewYorkercalled"baddreamsthatkeepusthrashingfortherestofthenight."SeveralmovieshavebeenlooselybasedonHighsmith'sbooks,includingDannyDeVito'sHitchcockspoofThrowMommaFromtheTrain;WimWenders'TheAmericanFriend,adaptedfromRipley'sGame;andPurpleNoon,aFrenchfilmbasedonTheTalentedMr.Ripley.ButitwasAcademyAward-winningdirectorAnthonyMinghella'slushscreenadaptationofTheTalentedMr.Ripley,releasedfouryearsafterHighsmith'sdeathand44yearsafterthebook'spublication,thatintroducedHighsmithtoawideraudienceandledtoarediscoveryofherworks.Subtleenoughforaseminaryetentertainingenoughforthebeach,Highsmith'scoollynarratedtalesofterrordisplayanobservanteyeforsocialbehavioraswellasindividualpsychology.Mostbooksinthesuspensegenreprovideaherowhosefundamentalhonestyanddecencystandasbulwarksagainsttheevilheorsheconfronts.ButinaHighsmithnovel,thereaderisalonewithvictimandvictimizer--andanunsettlingsenseofempathywithboth.AsFrancisWyndhamhasnoted,Highsmith's"peculiarbrandofhorrorcomeslessfromtheinevitabilityofdisaster,thanfromtheeasewithwhichitmighthavebeenavoided.Theevilofheragentsisansweredbytheimpotenceofherpatients--thisisnottheattractionofopposites,butinsomesubtlewaythecallofliketolike.Whentheyfinallyclashintheclimacticcatastrophe,thereader'ssenseofsatisfactionmayderivefromsourcesasdarkasthosewhichmotivatePatriciaHighsmith'sdestroyersandtheirfascinatedvictims."GoodToKnowPatriciaHighsmithwasbornMaryPatriciaPlangman;herparentsdivorcedsoonaftershewasborn,however,andshewasgivenherstepfather'slastname.AfterHighsmithgraduatedfromcollege,shelivedforatimewithhermotherandstepfatherinGreenwichVillage,whereshewrotecomicbookstosupportherself,includingscriptsfortheSupermanseries.Alesbianherself,HighsmithisthoughttohavewrittenthefirstAmericannovelinwhichahomosexuallovestoryhasahappyending.Thenovel,ThePriceofSalt,waspublishedunderthepseudonymClaireMorgan;itwasreissuedin1984(asCarol),butdidn'tappearunderthewriter'srealnameuntil1991.Highsmithoncetoldaninterviewerthattheonlysuspensewritershereadwasthemaster--Dostoevsky,overandover.InherbookPlottingandWritingSuspenseFiction,shewrote,"IthinkmostofDostoyevsky'sbookswouldbecalledsuspensebooks,weretheybeingpublishedtodayforthefirsttime.Buthewouldbeaskedtocut,becauseofproductioncosts."ThepremiseofTheTalentedMr.RipleywasinspiredbyHenryJames'sTheAmbassadors,inwhichawidowsendsherfiancefromAmericatoParistofetchherwaywardson.AlsoKnownAs:MaryPatriciaPlangman(birthname);ClaireMorgan(penname)DateofBirth:一月19,1921PlaceofBirth:FortWorth,TexasDateofDeath:二月4,1995PlaceofDeath:Locarno,Switzerland
  • 内容简介:
    InunmistakableHighsmithianfashion,"Smallg,"PatriciaHighsmith'sfinalnovel,opensnearaseedyZurichbarwiththebrutalmurderofPeteyRitter.Unravelingthevagariesoflove,sexuality,jealousy,anddeath,Highsmithweavesamysterybothhilariousandastonishing,aclassicfairytaleexecutedwithacharacteristicpenchantfordarkness.PublishedinpaperbackforthefirsttimeinAmerica,"Smallg"isatonceanexorcismofHighsmith'sliterarydemonsandarevelatorycapstonetoawhollyremarkablecareer.Itisadelightfullyincantatoryworkthat,inthetraditionofShakespeare's"AMidsummerNight'sDream,"showsushowbizarreandunpredictablelovecanbe.
  • 作者简介:
    PatriciaHighsmithThoughshepennedsuchgreatpsychologicalcrimenovelsasStrangersonaTrainandTheTalentedMr.Ripley,PatriciaHighsmith'sgiftswentlargelyunrecognizedbyAmericanreadersuntilrecently.Fortunately,Highsmith'sbizarre,subtlyshadednovelsweretoogoodtoremainobscure.BiographySuspensenovelsareoftendescribedas"chilling,"butnooneturnsdownthereader'semotionalthermostatquitelikePatriciaHighsmith,authorofsuchhauntingpsychologicalthrillersasStrangersonaTrainandcreatorofthesociopathicseriesprotagonistTomRipley.Duringherlife,HighsmithwasapopularauthorinEurope,whereshelived;inhernativeUnitedStates,however,herbookswentsporadicallyinandoutofprintfordecades.Now,thewriterwhomGrahamGreenecalled"thepoetofapprehension"hasfinallygainedrecognitionintheStates--notonlyasamasterofthesuspensegenre,butasaliteraryauthorofraretalent.HighsmithgrewupinTexasandNewYork,butspentmostofheradultlifeinEngland,FranceandSwitzerland.Bymostaccountsshewasalonerwhoavoidedotherpeople,includingotherwriters;butshedidhaveearlyhelpinhercareerfromTrumanCapote,whogotherastintattheYaddowriters'colonyinNewYork.Herfirstnovel,StrangersonaTrain,tellsthestoryofanarchitectandapsychopathwhomeetonatrainand"swap"murders.ThebookgainedHighsmithconsiderablefame,especiallyafteritwasmadeintoafilmbyAlfredHitchcock.Asecondnovel,ThePriceofSalt,wasprintedunderapseudonymafterherfirstpublishersturneditdown.Thoughhersubsequentworksdidn'tsellwellinherhomecountry,shekeptturningoutthekindsofnovelsandshortstoriestheNewYorkercalled"baddreamsthatkeepusthrashingfortherestofthenight."SeveralmovieshavebeenlooselybasedonHighsmith'sbooks,includingDannyDeVito'sHitchcockspoofThrowMommaFromtheTrain;WimWenders'TheAmericanFriend,adaptedfromRipley'sGame;andPurpleNoon,aFrenchfilmbasedonTheTalentedMr.Ripley.ButitwasAcademyAward-winningdirectorAnthonyMinghella'slushscreenadaptationofTheTalentedMr.Ripley,releasedfouryearsafterHighsmith'sdeathand44yearsafterthebook'spublication,thatintroducedHighsmithtoawideraudienceandledtoarediscoveryofherworks.Subtleenoughforaseminaryetentertainingenoughforthebeach,Highsmith'scoollynarratedtalesofterrordisplayanobservanteyeforsocialbehavioraswellasindividualpsychology.Mostbooksinthesuspensegenreprovideaherowhosefundamentalhonestyanddecencystandasbulwarksagainsttheevilheorsheconfronts.ButinaHighsmithnovel,thereaderisalonewithvictimandvictimizer--andanunsettlingsenseofempathywithboth.AsFrancisWyndhamhasnoted,Highsmith's"peculiarbrandofhorrorcomeslessfromtheinevitabilityofdisaster,thanfromtheeasewithwhichitmighthavebeenavoided.Theevilofheragentsisansweredbytheimpotenceofherpatients--thisisnottheattractionofopposites,butinsomesubtlewaythecallofliketolike.Whentheyfinallyclashintheclimacticcatastrophe,thereader'ssenseofsatisfactionmayderivefromsourcesasdarkasthosewhichmotivatePatriciaHighsmith'sdestroyersandtheirfascinatedvictims."GoodToKnowPatriciaHighsmithwasbornMaryPatriciaPlangman;herparentsdivorcedsoonaftershewasborn,however,andshewasgivenherstepfather'slastname.AfterHighsmithgraduatedfromcollege,shelivedforatimewithhermotherandstepfatherinGreenwichVillage,whereshewrotecomicbookstosupportherself,includingscriptsfortheSupermanseries.Alesbianherself,HighsmithisthoughttohavewrittenthefirstAmericannovelinwhichahomosexuallovestoryhasahappyending.Thenovel,ThePriceofSalt,waspublishedunderthepseudonymClaireMorgan;itwasreissuedin1984(asCarol),butdidn'tappearunderthewriter'srealnameuntil1991.Highsmithoncetoldaninterviewerthattheonlysuspensewritershereadwasthemaster--Dostoevsky,overandover.InherbookPlottingandWritingSuspenseFiction,shewrote,"IthinkmostofDostoyevsky'sbookswouldbecalledsuspensebooks,weretheybeingpublishedtodayforthefirsttime.Buthewouldbeaskedtocut,becauseofproductioncosts."ThepremiseofTheTalentedMr.RipleywasinspiredbyHenryJames'sTheAmbassadors,inwhichawidowsendsherfiancefromAmericatoParistofetchherwaywardson.AlsoKnownAs:MaryPatriciaPlangman(birthname);ClaireMorgan(penname)DateofBirth:一月19,1921PlaceofBirth:FortWorth,TexasDateofDeath:二月4,1995PlaceofDeath:Locarno,Switzerland
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