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Patricia Highsmithová

    19. január 1921 – 4. február 1995

    Patricia Highsmith bola americká prozaička, známa najmä pre svoje psychologické kriminálne thrillery. Jej diela sa vyznačujú hlbokým vhľadom do temných zákutí ľudskej psychiky, kde často skúma fascináciu zlom a amorálnosťou. Highsmithová majstrovsky prepája napätie, morálnu nejednoznačnosť a nečakané zvraty, čím čitateľov vtahuje do znepokojivého sveta svojich postáv. Jej jedinečný štýl a výnimočné vykreslenie charakterov ju zaraďujú medzi najvýznamnejších autorov žánru.

    Patricia Highsmithová
    Třikrát vražda z posedlosti
    Žiarlivosť zabíja
    Babrák
    Neznámi z expresu
    Talent pána Ripleyho
    Talent pána Ripleyho. Výkupné za psíka
    • Talent pána Ripleyho

      • 255 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Dramatický príbeh , ktorý sa odohráva v atraktívnom prostredí slnečného Talianska .Príbeh troch mladých ľudí je plný neuveriteľných zápletiek i rozuzlení , ktoré nedovolia čitateľovi vydýchnuť , lebo pán Ripley má naozaj ,, talent,, ako skomplikovať život sebe i druhým.A keď je už zdanlivo všetko jasné, len potom príde prekvapenie....

      Talent pána Ripleyho
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    • Dvaja neznámi ľudia sa náhodne stretnú a zoznámia vo vlaku. Mladý architekt Guy by sa rád rozviedol s manželkou, syn bohatých rodičov Charles nenávidí svojho otca. Charles navrhne Guyovi, že zabije jeho manželku ak on ho zbaví jeho nenávideného otca. Guy neverí, že to myslí vážne, no napokonsi vymenia adresy. Po dvoch týždňoch sa Guy dozvedá, že niekto zavraždil jeho manželku. Zabil ju Charles? Ako to celé bude pokračovat?

      Neznámi z expresu
    • Detektívny román od americkej autorky, ktorá je známa hlavne psychologickými detektívkami.

      Babrák
    • V lacnom aténskom hoteli na seba narazia dvaja muži – Rydal Keener, mladý hochštapler hľadajúci dobrodružstvo pri potulkách po svete, a Chester MacFarland, podvodník s niekoľkými totožnosťami, na úteku pred americkou políciou. Je to prízračná chvíľa: Chester práve ťahá po hotelovej chodbemŕtve telo a Rydal mu impulzívne ponúkne pomoc, snáď preto, že Chester mu čímsi pripomína otca. Keď sa k nim potom pridá Chesterova mladá žena Colette, životy všetkých troch sa osudovo prepletú do reťazca dramatických udalostí, ktoré nezadržateľne mieria k šokujúcemu vyvrcholeniu v troskách Knósského labyrintu.

      Žiarlivosť zabíja
    • Cizinci ve vlaku -- Houkání sovy -- Posedlost láskou. Protagonisty všech tří románů jsou lidé charakterově slabí, nervově labilní a někdy dokonce na pokraji duševní choroby, přesto jsou to však lidé, kteří by své potíže bez podnětu okolí nikdy neřešili vraždou. Stačí však souhrn náhod a vnější impuls, aby své konflikty řešili promyšleným zločinem. Tři detektivní romány, v nichž autorka klade důraz na psychologickou motivaci jednání lidí labilních, charakterově slabých až psychicky nemocných.

      Třikrát vražda z posedlosti
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    • Carol

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      'Some books change lives. This is one of them' Val McDermidA haunting story of obsessive love which scandalized the world when first published

      Carol
      4,1
    • The Glass Cell

      • 224 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      Rife with overtones of Dostoyevsky, "The Glass Cell" combines a quintessential Highsmith mystery with a penetrating critique of the psychological devastation wrought by the prison system, offering a bleak and compelling portrait of daily prison life that is, sadly, as relevant today as it was when the book was first published in 1964.

      The Glass Cell
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    • The Two Faces of January

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Two men meet in the picturesque backstreets of Athens. Chester MacFarlane is a conman with multiple false identities, near the end of his rope and on the run with his young wife Colette. Rydal Keener is a young drifter looking for adventure. He finds it in one evening as the law catches up to Chester and Colette, and their fates become fatally entwined. Patricia Highsmith draws us deep into a cross-European game of cat and mouse in this masterpiece of suspense from the author of 'The talented Mr Ripley'. Now a major film starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac. This special edition includes a foreword by director and screenwriter Hossein Amini.

      The Two Faces of January
      3,6
    • A Dog's Ransom

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Highsmith blends a savage humor with brilliant social satire in this dark tale of a highminded criminal who hits a wealthy Manhattan couple where it hurts the most when he kidnaps their beloved poodle.

      A Dog's Ransom
      3,5
    • Tom Ripley si ve Francii plnými doušky užívá život v luxusu - až do chvíle, kdy se z minulosti vynoří podvod s falešnými obrazy. Kolotoč lží, manipulací a zločinu se roztáčí naplno a Tom musí zajít mnohem dál, než si dokázal představit. Jenže hranice mezi pravdou a lží se začíná nebezpečně rozplývat. Druhý román s nepolapitelným podvodníkem se odehrává šest let po událostech knihy Talentovaný pan Ripley.

      Ripley pod zemí
    • The Borrowers are tiny people who live under the floor of the Lender family's house. A nasty lawyer, Ocious P. Potter, wants to pull down the Lender's home, but young Peter Lender meets Arrietty Clock, a Borrower, and they join forces to try and stop him.

      Penguin Readers: The Borrowers: Graded Readers
      4,5
    • Chillers

      • 240 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Sometimes, normality hides terrible things. This is what Patricia Highsmith seems to tell us in this collection of stories where no one is what they appear to be. A handful of men and women are enveloped in an aura of absolute normality, but sometimes, trapped by circumstances, they can behave in very strange ways, sometimes with irreversible consequences. This is the case of the retired Skipperton, who takes a neighborhood conflict too far, or Don, a man obsessed with his neighbor's correspondence, or even Dr. McCullough, who contemplates the idea of murdering an old friend he actually detests. We will also see how far Helen's anguish can go after losing her daughter, or what Ginnie feels when she kills someone for the first time, even if it is in self-defense. All of them were, apparently, ordinary people with whom any of us could identify. In these stories, Patricia Highsmith brings to light the darkest and most unsettling side of the human mind and shows how, many times, the boundary that separates good from evil can become imperceptible.

      Chillers
      4,2
    • Her Diaries and Notebooks

      • 656 stránok
      • 23 hodin čítania

      The diaries of Patricia Highsmith offer an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of the 20th century's most complex novelists. These writings reveal her struggles, thoughts, and creative processes, providing a unique perspective on her life and the literary world. As a significant literary event of 2021, this collection promises to engage readers with Highsmith's conflicts and insights, showcasing her profound impact on literature.

      Her Diaries and Notebooks
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    • Her Diaries and Notebooks

      The New York Years, 1941-1950

      • 672 stránok
      • 24 hodin čítania

      Exploring the universal nature of secrets, this book delves into the hidden aspects of human experience that everyone grapples with. Through candid reflections, it reveals personal truths and shared vulnerabilities, inviting readers to confront their own secrets. The narrative unfolds in a straightforward manner, emphasizing the importance of honesty and self-acceptance. It offers a unique perspective on the complexities of identity and the connections formed through our hidden lives.

      Her Diaries and Notebooks
      3,0
    • Essential for understanding Patricia Highsmith’s transgressive life and prophetic work, this volume is also “one of the most observant and ecstatic accounts . . . about being young and alive in New York City” (Dwight Garner,― New York Times ). Before Alfred Hitchcock adapted her debut novel, Strangers on a Train , for the big screen; before her suave and sociopathic Thomas Ripley snaked his way into the canon of psychological suspense; and before The Price of Salt became a cult classic of romantic obsession, who was Patricia Highsmith?Focused on her formative years in Manhattan, this condensed edition of Highsmith’s monumental Diaries and Notebooks reveals “Pat” at her most passionate and florescent. Beginning in 1941 at Barnard College and encompassing the Texas native’s adventurous twenties,? The New York Years intertwines scenes from her dizzying social life―rife with sleepless nights barhopping in the queer underground Greenwich Village scene, always juggling too many lovers―with an intimate self-portrait of a young artist who by day dispassionately wrote comics for a paycheck. Amid all the hangovers and the breakups, she read voraciously and honed her craft with verve. Laid bare in this perennial reader’s edition are the bold, hilarious, romantic, tragic, and maddeningly contradictory observations of one of “our greatest modernist writers” (Gore Vidal).

      Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950
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    • NOW A MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIESTom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it.Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors (and the law), Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.Now a[Bokinfo].

      Ripley
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    • The Black House

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      WITH NORTON'S PUBLICATION OF "Slowly, Slowly in the Wind and "The Black House, Patricia Highsmith's entire body of work is now back in print. First published in 1970 and 1981, respectively, these two volumes are among Highsmith's must nuanced and psychologically suspenseful works. "Slowly, Slowly in the Wind gathers stories that explore the hypocrisies or the Catholic Church, the writing life, Poe-like horror fantasies, and more. The stories in "The Black House mine classic Highsmith Terrain as they sketch the lives of suburban dwellers that appear quite normal at first but unravel to reveal their proximity to the macabre. Both collections are perfect examples of Highsmith's view of human nature and a fitting capstone to the reintroduction of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

      The Black House
      3,9
    • Langenscheidt Lektüren - 433: A Mighty Nice Man

      Sechs Kurzgeschichten

      • 104 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      Mit diesen handlichen Bänden kann sich jeder auf besonders unterhaltsame Weise in der englischen Sprache fortbilden. Weniger bekannte Vokabeln sind erläutert.

      Langenscheidt Lektüren - 433: A Mighty Nice Man
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    • Published to celebrate the centenary of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers, this is the most comprehensive volume of Highsmith's short fiction. Includes two newly discovered stories.

      Under a Dark Angel's Eye
      4,0
    • Eleven

      • 208 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      The legendary writer Patricia Highsmith is best remembered today for her chilling psychological thrillers The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train. A critically acclaimed best seller in Europe, Highsmith has for too long been underappreciated in the United States. Starting in 2011, Grove Press will begin to reissue nine of Highsmith's works. Eleven is Highsmith's first collection of short stories, an arresting group of dark masterpieces of obsession and foreboding, violence and instability. Here naturalists meet gruesome ends and unhinged heroes disturb our sympathies. This is a captivating, important collection from "one of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the twentieth century" (Otto Penzler). Includes an introduction by Graham Greene.

      Eleven
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    • 10 Short Stories

      From Guided Reading to Autonomy - Anglais - Livre de l'élève - Edition 2000

      • 128 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      Le plaisir de lire en V.O.Ce recueil de 10 nouvelles anglaises et américaines d'auteurs contemporains (R. Dahl, P. Highsmith, I. Asimov, etc.) et de genres très divers a pour but d'aider les élèves à lire de manière autonome en anglais.Les premières nouvelles sont accompagnées d'une aide à la lecture importante, qui va décroissant alors que les élèves gagnent en confiance.- Chaque nouvelle est suivie d'une fiche de lecture qui aide à la compréhension du texte et propose des activités et des exercices.- Les nouvelles choisies reposent toutes sur une intrigue qui incite l'élève à aller jusqu'au bout de l'histoire.

      10 Short Stories
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    • Ripley's Game

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      O terceiro romance da série é um dos mais matizados em termos psicológicos - particularmente memorável pelo seu humor negro -, tendo sido aclamado pela crítica pela sua capacidade de manipular as regras do género.

      Ripley's Game
      3,9
    • A Suspension of Mercy

      • 205 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      A major new reissue of the work of a classic noir novelist.

      A Suspension of Mercy
      3,9
    • "Highsmith's writing is wicked . . . it puts a spell on you, after which you feel altered, even tainted."-Entertainment Weekly

      Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
      3,6
    • Patricia Highsmith's "The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder" explores the dark side of animals, portraying them with human-like murderous thoughts. Stories feature a truffle-hunting pig and a disillusioned circus elephant, showcasing animals as powerful beings capable of chaos, transforming them from pets into agents of destruction.

      The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder
      3,9
    • Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

      • 158 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      Delving into the craft of suspense fiction, Patricia Highsmith shares insights from her extensive writing career. She covers essential elements such as story development, crafting gripping plots, the role of coincidence, and the intricacies of characterization, particularly the "likeable criminal." Highsmith also addresses the writing process, from initial drafts to polished final versions, and offers guidance on creating suspenseful short stories, making this work a valuable resource for aspiring writers and fans of the genre.

      Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
      3,9
    • Edith's diary

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      As Edith Howland's life becomes harsh, her diary entries only become brighter and brighter. She invents a happy life. As she knits for imaginary grandchildren, the real world recedes. Her descent into madness is subtle, appalling, and entirely believable.

      Edith's diary
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    • Sechs spannende Stories der »mistress of suspense«: The Terrapin - The Button - A Shot from Nowhere - Broken Glass - Mrs Afton, Among Thy Green Braes - The Fully-Licensed Whore - The Wife. Texte in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

      A shot from nowhere
      3,5
    • This Sweet Sickness

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Obsessed with his love for Annabelle Delaney, David Kelsey tries to break up her marriage and succeeds in accidentally killing her husband

      This Sweet Sickness
      3,8
    • The cry of the owl

      • 249 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      In a small Pennsylvania town, Robert Forrester is recuperating from a nasty divorce and a bout of psychological trouble. One evening, while driving home, he sees a pretty young woman framed by her bright kitchen window. Soon, he can't keep himself away. But when Robert is inevitably discovered, obsession is turned on its head, and he finds himself unable to shake the young woman, nor entirely sure whether he should. Recently made into a major motion picture starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine, "The Cry of the Owl" is essential Highsmith, a modern classic ready to be reborn.

      The cry of the owl
      3,8
    • Remember Dickie Greenleaf? Tom Ripley killed him. The only thing is he keeps ringing Tom up. Enough to make even a cool cucumber like Ripley uneasy. This book immerses the reader in Tom's world at Belle Ombre with the lovely Heloise and the very shadowy world of art forgery and murder.

      Ripley Under Water
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    • The Buckmaster Gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition, but now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake. Ripley needs the perfect solution to keep his role in the fraud a secret and his reputation clean but not everyone's nerves are as steady as his. Especially when it comes to murder.

      Ripley under ground
      3,8
    • En boheme-beværtning i det ellers så regelrette Zürich danner rammen om en cocktail af erotiske forviklinger og pardannelser

      Small g: A summer idyll
      3,4
    • The Blunderer

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      "The Blunderer, " first published in 1953, is hailed as Highsmith's finest novel, about the rise and fall of a faithful suburban husband who plots his wife's demise in fantasies gruesome and eerily serene.

      The Blunderer
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    • The psychologists would call it folie à deux... 'Bruno slammed his palms together. "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! We murder for each other, see? I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch?" From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities.

      Strangers On A Train
      3,7
    • Found in the Street

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      When Elsie Taylor drifts to Greenwich Village from upstate New York, her vitality soon wins her a sophisticated circle of friends. But she also becomes the obsession of a failed inventor and nightwatchman, who would protect her from the corruption he sees everywhere around him.

      Found in the Street
      3,6
    • Deep Water

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax

      Deep Water
      3,7
    • When Richard Alderman becomes a born-again Christian, his conversion rips his once close-knit family apart. He and his youngest son, Robbie, embrace their newfound faith, while his eldest son, Arthur, rejects it. Caught in the middle of the ensuing web of lies is his wife, Lois, as she struggles to keep the peace. But when the church elders start to interfere in Arthur's love life, events spiral toward violence.

      People who Knock on the Door
      3,6
    • The Boy who Followed Ripley

      • 335 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Fearing that he was directly responsible for the death of his father, an American multimillionaire food magnate, sixteen-year-old Frank Pierson learns of a plot to kidnap him and enlists the aid of Tom Ripley, an American expatriate in Paris

      The Boy who Followed Ripley
      3,6
    • The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.

      Mermaids on the Golf Course
      3,6
    • Little Tales of Misogyny

      • 144 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      There are women who destroy their men and women who destroy themselves; girls who notch up their conquests and girls who go too far. From 'Oona, the Jolly Cave Woman' to 'The Fully Licensed Whore, or, The Wife', seventeen ironical, bizarre and sophisticated stories. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbors into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In the darkly satiric, often mordantly hilarious sketches that make up Little Tales of Misogyny, Highsmith upsets our conventional notions of female character, revealing the devastating power of these once familiar creatures—"The Dancer," "The Female Novelist," "The Prude"—who destroy both themselves and the men around them. This work attesets to Highsmith's reputation as "the poet of apprehension" (Graham Greene).

      Little Tales of Misogyny
      3,6
    • When Ray Garrett's new wife kills herself on their honeymoon, he persuades the initially suspicious Rome police that he's innocent of any wrongdoing over the death. However, his father-in-law, the brutish Ed Coleman, is convinced Ray killed her and shoots Ray, leaving him for dead. He survives and, desperate to prove himself, follows Coleman to Venice, where a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with Coleman still seeking justice and Garrett a clear conscience

      Those who Walk Away
      3,3
    • Game for Living

      • 282 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Gentle, generous Theo would tell you that he feels quite logically happy about sharing Lelia with his best friend Ramón. Although the word 'logical' troubles him sometimes. (Can love ever be logical?) It is he, at any rate, who eventually finds Lelia dead in her painter's studio in Mexico City. She has been raped, her handsome face bloodily mutilated. Theo's thoughts immediately turn to Ramón as the natural suspect: hot tempered, moody, a man whose Catholic soul has already been damned by passion - unable to marry Lelia, unable to give her up... A confession is made, but are we able to believe it? In A Game for the Living threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected. Cover Photograph: Patrick Llewelynn-Davies

      Game for Living
      3,0
    • Strangers on a train : level 4

      • 72 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      Contemporary / American English (Available April 2008) Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. You murder my father, and I'll murder your wife,' he suggests. So begins Guy's journey into a world of madness, lies and death.

      Strangers on a train : level 4
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    • Mystery Cats

      • 264 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Collection of sixteen short stories featuring cats and crimes.

      Mystery Cats
    • The Talented Mr. Ripley

      Lektüre mit Audio-Online

      • 112 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      Like the film, The Talented Mr. Ripley, a young working-class man creates multiple identities in order to become part of the wealthy elite – and kills to keep his lies a secret. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the gruesome murder inspired by the movie, Primal Fear. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at

      The Talented Mr. Ripley
    • Over thirty chilling tales of gruesome evil—a man buried alive; a young girl dancing to her death; Jack the Ripper alive and well in modern Chicago and many more haunting terrors! --front flap

      Best Horror Stories
    • Signet Mystery: Tales of Obsession

      Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Fourteen spine-tingling stories of suspense include P. D. James's ""The Victim,"" in which a gorgeous celebrity uses her infatuated ex-husband as a murder weapon, and tales by Ruth Rendell, Patricia Highsmith, and other authors.CONTENTSA Man Around the House by Nancy PickardA Glowing Future by Ruth RendellCatalyst by Evan HunterDeath of a Romance Writer by Joan HessBy the Time You Read This by Larry S. HokeAll At Once, No Alice by Cornell WoolrichI Don’t Do Divorce Cases by David JusticeKilling Howard by Ralph McInernyThe Victim by P.D. JamesThe Brothers by Lawrence TreatBreakfast Television by Robert BarnardA Letter Too Late by Henry SlesarThe Betrayers by Stanley EllinThe Perfect Alibi by Patricia Highsmith

      Signet Mystery: Tales of Obsession
    • Masters of the Macabre

      The Best of the Twentieth Century

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Stories included: Man Overboard (Sir Winston Churchill) Timber (John Galsworthy) The Angry Street (G. K. Chesterton) The Call of Wings (Agatha Christie) The Cherries (Lawrence Durrell) A Man From Glasgow (Somerset Maugham) Earth to Earth (Robert Graves) The Grey Ones (J. B. Priestley) The Man Who Didn't Ask Why (C. S. Forester) All But Empty (Graham Greene) Animals or Human Beings (Angus Wilson) Something Strange (Kingsley Amis) The Post-Mortem Murder (Sinclair Lewis) The Dance (F. Scott Fitzgerald) A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner) The Bronze Door (Raymond Chandler) A Man Who Had No Eyes (MacKinlay Kantor) The Affair at 7 Rue de M-- (John Steinback) The Snail Watcher (Patricia Highsmith) Inferiority Complex (Evan Hunter) The Terrible Answer (Paul Gallico) Miriam (Truman Capote) Exterminator (William Burroughs) During the Jurassic (John Updike)

      Masters of the Macabre
    • 13 ausgezeichnete Kriminal-Stories aus dem führenden Kriminal-Magazin der Welt: 1: Dorothy A. Collins berichtet von Zwillingsschwestern, die sich hassen... 2: Patricia Highsmith beschäftigt sich mit Kidnappern... 3: Donald E. Westlake beschreibt die Ängste eines Toten... 4: Mignon Warner hat sich einen großen Bluff einfallen lassen... 5: Dave Thornburg hat sich ausgiebig mit Darwin befaßt... 6: Ernest Savage zeigt, was wahre Freundschaft ist... 7: Robert L. Fishs Schmuggler ist der beste der Welt... 8: Bill Pronzini hat sich einen besonderen Trick ausgedacht... 9: Ron Goularts Erpresser fällt auf die Nase... 10: Jack Ritchie löst den Fall des »Mitternachtsmörders«<... 11: Edward D. Hoch bringt Captain Leopold in Versuchung.. 12: Cornell Woolrich täuscht einen Selbstmord vor... 13: James P. Williams beweist, was man mit Ehrgeiz erreicht... 13 Stories-13 Volltreffer!

      Ellery Queen's Kriminal Magazin 68
    • Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world’s greatest authors, the English language comes to life in pages of our Readers. Students have the pleasure and satisfaction of reading these stories in English, and at the same time develop a broader vocabulary, greater comprehension and reading fluency, improved grammar, and greater confidence and ability to express themselves. Find out more at english.com/readers

      Pearson English Readers - 4: Strangers On A Train, W. MP3-Audio-CD
    • Ripley: Four Novels In One Volume

      The Talented Mr. Ripley • Ripley Under Ground • Ripley's Game • The Boy Who Followed Ripley

      • 691 stránok
      • 25 hodin čítania

      In a chilling literary hall of mirrors, Patricia Highsmith introduces Tom Ripley. Like a latter-day Henry James Hero, he is sent to Italy with the commission to coax Dickie Greenleaf back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of this prodigal young American. He wants to be like him - exactly like him. Suave, agreeable, and utterly amoral, Ripley stops at nothing-certainly not only one murder-to accomplish his goal.

      Ripley: Four Novels In One Volume
    • Heimliche Gedichte

      Von D. H. Lawrence bis Patricia Highsmith

      • 421 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      Die Anthologie 'Heimliche Gedichte' präsentiert Gedichte von Romanciers, die oft unbeachtet blieben. Viele dieser Werke erscheinen erstmals auf Deutsch oder in Buchform, was einen neuen Blick auf die literarischen Schätze ermöglicht.

      Heimliche Gedichte
    • 13 Prisen Mitternacht

      Die TIMES Anthologie moderner Geistergeschichten

      • 207 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania
      13 Prisen Mitternacht
      5,0
    • Barcelona. 21 cm. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Obras selectas de Patricia Highsmith) (Obras maestras del crimen y misterio', numero coleccion(5). Highsmith, Patricia 1921-1995. Ripley's game. Patricia Highsmith traducción, Jordi Beltrán. Traducción del inglés. Beltrán, Jordi. 1941-. Crímenes imaginarios. El juego del escondite .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

      El amigo americano / Crímenes imaginarios / El juego del escondite
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    • Diese Auswahl umfasst fünf Short Stories der Psychologin Patricia Highsmith, die eindrucksvoll zeigt, dass es für die Erkundung seelischer Untiefen keinen Mord braucht. Mit unerwarteten Wendungen und tiefen Einsichten ins Allzumenschliche beleuchtet der Erzählband eine besondere Facette der Autorin.

      Schreie der Liebe. Erzählungen
      5,0
    • Composé de 20 nouvelles inédites représentant 50 années de création highsmithienne (1938-1982). Portrait incisif de l'Amérique et témoignage du cheminement de l'auteur, ce livre illustre ses thèmes de prédilection en mettant en scène des personnages à la psychologie fragile ou d'autres encore, plus proches de la caricature.

      Le meilleur ami de l'homme et autres nouvelles
      4,0
    • L´Empreinte Du Faux

      • 318 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Patricia Highslith L'Empreinte du faux Lorsque le jeune romancier hA(c)ros du livre dA(c)barque en Tunisie, oA il doit tourner un film, sa vie lui paraA(R)t totalement rA(c)ussie. Sa carriA]re s'annonce brillante; il ne doute ni de lui-mAame ni de celle qu'il se dispose A A(c)pouser. A A A Or, voilA que tout se dA(c)rA]gle: l'ami qu'il attend n'arrive pas..: Sa fiancA(c)e le laisse sans nouvelles. Et les certitudes font place au doute. II en viendra A se demander sans angoisse, au terme de cette traversA(c)e de la solitude, s'il n'est pas devenu un assassin... A A A A Le meilleur roman de Patricia Highsmith est A mon avis L'Empreinte du faux, et quand on me demande A quoi tient cette prA(c)fA(c)rence, je rA(c)ponds: A l'angoisse qui y rA]gne. . Graham Greene.

      L´Empreinte Du Faux
      2,0
    • Katzenkrimis

      • 250 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Hrsg. Manson, Cynthia. U. a. von Rendell, Ruth ; Braun, Lilian Jackson ; Highsmith, Patricia 250 S.

      Katzenkrimis
      3,4
    • Die stille Mitte der Welt

      • 388 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Die hier unter dem Titel Die stille Mitte der Welt vorgelegten Texte aus dem Nachlass sind keine Suspense- und keine Tiergeschichten, sondern psychologische Erzählungen. 14 Stories über moderne Großstadtmenschen in Not, über wissende kleine Mädchen, traumversponnene Liebende und ältere, vom Leben gerupfte Frauen und Männer. Die Geschichten gehorchen keinem Muster und keiner einheitlichen Methode, sie verraten noch nicht einmal in allen Fällen dieselbe Hand als hätte die junge Patricia Highsmith mit jeder Geschichte einen eigenen Modus erfinden und das Verhältnis zur Welt neu festlegen müssen. Dabei sind die Verzauberung durch erhoffte Seelenverwandtschaften, die betäubten Schritte einer in die Trauer entlassenen Figur und das Zermürbende des Lebenskampfes mit viel Takt, enormer Anteilnahme und großem Sinn für die sprechenden Details eingefangen."

      Die stille Mitte der Welt
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    • Ladies

      Frühe Stories

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Ehe Patricia Highsmith durch ihre Romane ›Zwei Fremde im Zug‹, ›Tiefe Wasser‹ und ›Der talentierte Mr. Ripley‹ berühmt wurde, schrieb sie psychologische Stories. Über entwurzelte Einwanderer, tapfere Liebende, wissende Mädchen und Jungen und vom Leben gebeutelte Menschen. Damals erschienen ihre Stories nur verstreut in Schul- und Frauenmagazinen. Nun dürfen wir sie neu entdecken.

      Ladies
      3,8