num_pages: 222
description: Slowly, Slowly in the Wind brilliantly assembles many of Patricia Highsmith's most nuanced and psychologically suspenseful works.Rarely has an author articulated so well the hypocrisies of the Catholic Church while conveying the delusions of a writer's life and undermining the fantasy of suburban bliss. Each of these twelve pieces, like all great short fiction, is a crystal-clear snapshot of lives both static and full of chaos. In "The Pond" Highsmith explores the unforeseen calamities that can unalterably shatter a single woman's life, while "The Network" finds sinister loneliness and joy in the mundane yet engrossing friendships of a small community of urban dwellers. In this enduring and disturbing collection, Highsmith evokes the gravity and horror of her characters' surroundings with evenhanded prose and a detailed imagination.
language: English
title: Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
titlecomplete: Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
characters: Maggie Skipperton, Elinor Sievert, Anton Carpeau, Kate Wynant, Stan Brixton, Andrew Cooperman, Peter Frosby, Lillian McCullough, Claude Lamm, Ginnie Brixton, Fran Covak, Pete Frosby, Jr., Clive Wilkes, Elsie Gifford, Roger Fane, Skip Skipperton, Dr. Stephen McCullough, Margaret Cullen, E. Taylor Cheever
genres: 20th Century, Crime, American, Suspense, Thriller, Noir, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Mystery
ratings_count: 444
places: London, England, Connecticut, New York City, New York, Maine
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company