Penguin Readers Strangers on a Train
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1405882328
ISBN 13
9781405882323
Category
Lecture graduée
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
63
Subject
English level 4 Easy Readers
Series Name
Abstract
"An incredible study of psychological torture and how fine the membrane is between normality and the underlying darkness." —Tana French
The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. This theme was present from the beginning, when her debut novel, Strangers on a Train, galvanized the reading public. Here we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. “Some people are better off dead,” Bruno remarks, “like your wife and my father, for instance.” As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith’s perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.
The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. This theme was present from the beginning, when her debut novel, Strangers on a Train, galvanized the reading public. Here we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. “Some people are better off dead,” Bruno remarks, “like your wife and my father, for instance.” As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith’s perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.
The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
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Thèmes : Culture et civilisation
Résumé : Guy Haines voyage à travers Texas en train quand un inconnu l'invite à partager un repas. Mais l'étranger a un plan terrible. Vous avez assassiner mon père et je vais assassiner votre femme, il suggère. Ainsi commence le voyage de Guy dans un monde de mensonges folie et la mort.
Thèmes : Culture et civilisation
Résumé : Guy Haines voyage à travers Texas en train quand un inconnu l'invite à partager un repas. Mais l'étranger a un plan terrible. Vous avez assassiner mon père et je vais assassiner votre femme, il suggère. Ainsi commence le voyage de Guy dans un monde de mensonges folie et la mort.
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