... and not as a stranger is a romantic novel, very popular in its time, at the top of the list of best-selling novels in America in 1954. It was screened in 1955, produced and directed by the famous director Stanley Kramer.
The novel That Sweet Nausea (1960) delves into the dark depths of obsession and duality. Highsmith masterfully dissects the boundaries between love and madness, creating a tense portrait of a man trapped in his own lies, where illusion crumbles under the
Two brothers, torn apart by the machinations of a younger, corrupt and deceitful creature, is a theme that is already familiar in the foundations of many literary works.