by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433906816
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«Small g: un idilio de verano» is the novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardcover (320 pages, in Spanish).
In Zurich, the Jacob's café appears in gay guides with a lowercase «g»: a gay venue, but not exclusively. Rickie, who has just lost his murdered lover, and Luisa, who also loved him, meet there. Among the bar's patrons, heterosexual and homosexual desires, friendships, and the lives of survivors trying to overcome evil in summer are woven together.
The novel belongs to the Panorama de narrativas collection (number 330). The original English title is «Small g: A Summer Idyll» and the Spanish translation is by Elsa Mateo.
For readers of contemporary fiction and fans of Patricia Highsmith, interested in stories with LGBTQ characters and a Zurich setting.
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.
