4.1
El talento de Mr. Ripley
En El talento de Mr. Ripley aparece por primera vez el personaje más célebre de Patricia Highsmith: Tom Ripley. En esta novela, Mr. Greenleaf, un millonario americano, le pide a Ripley que intente convencer a su hijo Dickie -que está viviendo una bohemia dorada en Mongibello, al sur de Nápoles- de que regrese al hogar. Ripley acepta el encargo, viaja a Europa -y, de paso, pone tierra de por medio con posibles problemas policiales- y encuentra a Dickie, antiguo conocido suyo, y a su amiga Marge, con quienes establece una turbia y compleja relación que desemboca, tras una serie de espectaculares coups de théâtre, en un desconcertante final.
Subjects
RELEASED2001
PUBLISHERPlaneta-De Agostini.
LENGTH286
LANGUAGEES
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) 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 throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
4.1
El talento de Mr. Ripley
En El talento de Mr. Ripley aparece por primera vez el personaje más célebre de Patricia Highsmith: Tom Ripley. En esta novela, Mr. Greenleaf, un millonario americano, le pide a Ripley que intente convencer a su hijo Dickie -que está viviendo una bohemia dorada en Mongibello, al sur de Nápoles- de que regrese al hogar. Ripley acepta el encargo, viaja a Europa -y, de paso, pone tierra de por medio con posibles problemas policiales- y encuentra a Dickie, antiguo conocido suyo, y a su amiga Marge, con quienes establece una turbia y compleja relación que desemboca, tras una serie de espectaculares coups de théâtre, en un desconcertante final.
Subjects
RELEASED2001
PUBLISHERPlaneta-De Agostini.
LENGTH286
LANGUAGEES
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) 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 throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
