by Patricia Highsmith · EDICIONES ALFAGUARA, S.A. GRUPO SANTILLANA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420423036
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«El diario de Edith» is the novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Ediciones Alfaguara in paperback (463 pages, in Spanish).
Edith and her son Cliffie seek refuge in imaginary worlds; the boundary between reality and fantasy blurs. When Edith writes the first lie in her diary, she reveals that she has lost all hope for Cliffie's future. The work explores perception, identity, and the lies that sustain the apparent normality of two intertwined lives.
The edition includes the translation by José Luis López Muñoz and the work is classified within contemporary fiction.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in psychological portraits and the relationship between a mother and her son.
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.
