Overview
Margherita Giacobino's book is a fictionalised biography/autobiography of Patricia Highsmith, taking the form of diary entries supposedly written by her, interspersed with a third-person narrative. It focuses on her psychological and emotional life, with the emphasis on feelings, relationships and aspirations rather than facts, dates and events. A lesbian in an era when to be homosexual was to be reviled and discriminated against, and made to feel guilty and ashamed, Patricia Highsmith struggled with her sexual identity in this social context, and the book fruitfully explores how this might have contributed to her creative output. The title is a reference to PH's second novel The Price of Salt, a lesbian romance originally published under a pseudonym after it was rejected by the publisher of her first novel. It was not until 1990 that PH agreed to its reissue under her own name, with the new title Carol.
Full Product Details
Author: Margherita Giacobino ,
Christine Donougher
Publisher: Dedalus Ltd
Imprint: Dedalus Ltd
Volume: 1
ISBN: 9781910213957
ISBN 10: 1910213950
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 29 June 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'It has been a long while in Italian fiction since such an authentic and engaging voice has appeared.' Bruno Quaranta in La Stampa 'The Price of Dreams has captured something essential about Patricia Highsmith - a unique but altogether plausible version, whose voice so echoes the voices the woman created throughout her writing life. This is just an astonishing work - a revelation.' Dorothy Allison 'While we are reading we feel that we are Pat.'
It has been a long while in Italian fiction since such an authentic and engaging voice has appeared. -- Bruno Quaranta in La Stampa The Price of Dreams has captured something essential about Patricia Highsmith - a unique but altogether plausible version, whose voice so echoes the voices the woman created throughout her writing life. This is just an astonishing work - a revelation. -- Dorothy Allison While we are reading we feel that we are Pat. -- Delia Vaccarello in L'Unita
Author Information
Margherita Giacobino, born in 1952, lives in Turin. She is a writer, journalist and translator. She has translated, among others, Emily Bronte, Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Atwood, Dorothy Allison and Audre Lorde. She made her debut in 1993 with the novel Un'Americana a Parigi written under the pseudonym of Elinor Rigby. In 1996 she published Casalinghe All'Inferno, in 2007 L'Educazione Sentimentale Di C.B. and in 2010 L'Uovo Fuori Dal Cavagno. Dedalus has published 2 novels by her.
