Gente que llama a la puerta

Gente que llama a la puerta

by Patricia Highsmith
Gente que llama a la puerta

Gente que llama a la puerta

by Patricia Highsmith

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Overview

Los Alderman, un matrimonio de clase media con dos hijos, Arthur y Robbie, residen en una pequeña ciudad de Indiana, donde llevan una vida confortable y monótona. Arthur, un joven estudiante de diecisiete años, ha dejado embarazada a su novia Maggie, que cuenta con unos padres comprensivos y decide abortar sin más alharacas. Sin embargo, el padre de Arthur, a raíz de la curación de su hijo menor Robbie, que estima milagrosa, se ha conver­tido a la secta religiosa de los cristianos renacidos y se opone rotunda­mente al aborto, con lo que se crea una situación insostenible. La atmósfera de creciente fanatismo religioso, la lenta invasión del hogar de los Alderman por una gente que llama a la puerta ofreciendo sus fo­lletos para una vida mejor, los esfuerzos del padre para llevar a su familia por la senda del «bien», el triunfo de la hipocresía, la conversión del enig­mático e introvertido Robbie: todos esos elementos segregan un clima ominoso y siniestro, donde se espera que algo horrible acabe por suceder.

With the savage humor of Evelyn Waugh and the macabre sensibility of Edgar Allan Poe, Patricia Highsmith brought a distinct twentieth-century acuteness to her prolific body of fiction. In her more than twenty novels, psychopaths lie in wait amid the milieu of the mundane, in the neighbor clipping the hedges or the spouse asleep next to you at night. Now, Norton continues the revival of this noir genius with another of her lost masterpieces: a later work from 1983, People Who Knock on the Door, is a tale about blind faith and the slippery notion of justice that lies beneath the peculiarly American veneer of righteousness.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788433921277
Publisher: Anagrama
Publication date: 12/05/2023
Edition description: Spanish-language Edition
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)
Language: Spanish

About the Author

About The Author

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was an American author known for her novels of psychological suspense. She wrote over two dozen books and short story collections, including her five Tom Ripley novels. Her first book Strangers on a Train was nominated for an Edgar Award and was later adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Many of her works have been adapted for the screen, including The Talented Mr. Ripley and most recently The Price of Salt which was renamed Carol.

Date of Birth:

January 19, 1921

Date of Death:

February 4, 1995

Place of Birth:

Fort Worth, Texas

Place of Death:

Locarno, Switzerland

Education:

B.A., Barnard College, 1942
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