by Patricia Highsmith · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423973217
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«A merced del viento» is a book of mystery and suspense short stories by Patricia Highsmith, published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (264 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together twelve stories from Patricia Highsmith's short fiction in which psychological suspense prevails over action. The stories reveal hypocrisies, false appearances and everyday contradictions: seemingly stable characters, calm lives hiding tensions and unease.
This edition belongs to the Austral collection and includes a prologue by Lourdes Ortiz. The original title is «Slowly, Slowly in the Wind», first published in 1979.
For readers of mystery, crime and suspense who want to approach Patricia Highsmith's short fiction.
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
