Saturday, December 8, 2012

Patricia Highsmith / Audio Interview

Patricia Highsmith

Audio Interview 
with Patricia Highsmith 


Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train, This Sweet Sickness, and several others, speaks with Don Swaim in this 1987 interview about the differences in the English vocabulary between European and American written language. She has had great success throughout her career, and several of her books have been turned into movies. Her most famous character, Tom Ripley, has been a continuous character throughout her career, and has been inspiration for several other books and movies. One thing she comments on is creating a certain pace, or speed of the novel in order to create suspense.

LISTEN TO THE PATRICIA HIGHSMITH INTERVIEW
WITH DON SWAIM
OCTUBER 29, 1987

(20 min. 36 sec.)


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