by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433900845
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«Suspense» is Patricia Highsmith's essay on how to write a thriller novel, published by Anagrama in hardcover (142 pages, in Spanish).
Highsmith examines the craft of creating suspense: where ideas come from, how plot and characters are built, and how pacing is measured to maintain tension. She offers observations on using personal experience and practical advice for writing novels and suspense stories.
Volume 84 of the Argumentos collection, translated by Jordi Beltrán.
Aimed at fans of suspense fiction and writers who want to understand the mechanisms of suspense.
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.
