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Nothing that meets the eye : the uncollected stories of Patricia Highsmith / Patricia Highsmith.
Van Pelt Library PS3558.I366 A6 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Psychological fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 455 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2002]
- Summary:
- The Highsmith renaissance continues with this brilliant collection of 28 short stories, a great majority of which have never been seen before. From this new collection, a remarkable portrait of the American psyche at mid-century emerges, unforgettably distilled by the inimitable eye of Patricia Highsmith.
- Contents:
- Early stories, 1938-1949. The mightiest mornings
- Uncertain treasure
- Magic casements
- Miss Juste and the green rompers
- When the door is always open and the welcome mat is out
- In the plaza
- The hollow oracle
- The great cardhouse
- The car
- The still point of the turning world
- The pianos of the Steinachs
- A mighty nice man
- Quiet night
- Doorbell for Louisa.
- Middle and later stories, 1952-1982. A bird in hand
- Music to die by
- Man's best friend
- Born failure
- A dangerous hobby
- The returnees
- Nothing that meets the eye
- Two disagreeable pigeons
- Variations on a game
- A girl like Phyl
- It's a deal
- Things had gone badly
- The trouble with Mrs. Blynn, the trouble with the world
- The second cigarette.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0393051870
- OCLC:
- 50416533
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