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Tradurre la lingua chirurgica dei diari di Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith 27, uses the phone in her London apartment, Feb. 16, 1951, shortly after her arrival from America. Her first novel, “Strangers on a Train”, was acclaimed by American critics and a film of the book is now being made in Hollywood. Shortly after her arrival in London she went out to buy new English publications because she likes to read at least one book every night before going to sleep. (AP Photo)
Patricia Highsmith 27, uses the phone in her London apartment, Feb. 16, 1951, shortly after her arrival from America. Her first novel, “Strangers on a Train”, was acclaimed by American critics and a film of the book is now being made in Hollywood. Shortly after her arrival in London she went out to buy new English publications because she likes to read at least one book every night before going to sleep. (AP Photo)
  • Per tradurre i diari della tradottissima scrittrice di gialli Patricia Highsmith ho dovuto rintracciare una voce diversa, in grado di mediare fra la persona, l’autrice e l’io narrante
  • La lingua in grado di veicolare questa esplorazione, che era anche un’autopsia, doveva restituire perfettamente lo smottamento continuo tra analisi distaccata e sprofondamento inconscio
  • I diari di Highsmith sono stati scritti in più lingue. Ma è nel suo inglese chirurgico e metafisico che ci dona i percorsi acuti e tortuosi della sua mente

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