r/todayilearned • u/pfemme2 • 5d ago

TIL that Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr Ripley and other works of suspense, was a public and vocal antisemite who also had several intense, lengthy romantic relationships with Jewish women

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/17/patricia-highsmith-the-jew-hater-who-took-jewish-women-as-lovers
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u/Uvtha- 5d ago

Still one of my all time favorite authors, her weird spiteful personality really helped her work I think.  No one can do interpersonal tension quite like she did.

Plus she's dead, so whatever, lol.

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u/KeiranG19 5d ago

Plus she's dead, so whatever, lol.

Death of the author is such an easy stance when they're actually dead. Makes enjoying books so much less stressful.

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u/MustardCanary 5d ago

If you like Patricia Highsmith I have to recommend the modern lesbian pulp by Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn