Edith's Diary
by Patricia Highsmithliterary work· published 1977
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Edith's Diary (1977) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith, the seventeenth of her 22 novels. It was first published in the UK by Heinemann. One critic described it as "a relentless dissection of an unexceptional life that burns itself out from a lack of love and happiness". Highsmith replicated the dislocation she used in The Cry of the Owl years earlier, moving her characters from New York City to small-town Pennsylvania. She also replicated her own obsessive diary writing in the lead character. The dedication reads simply: To Marion, which was the way her sometime lover, Marion Aboudaram, asked to be referenced. Knopf rejected the manuscript in 1976.
Adaptations (1)
Edith's Diary was adapted into a 1983 film.
Ediths Tagebuch1983 · film · 102 min · dir. Hans W. Geissendörfer · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful life where she has friends and grandchildren. However, this diversion soon grows unhealthy when she becomes slowly convinced that the fantasies are real.
