In 1986, Highsmith had a successful operation for lung cancer. Shortly after, she commissioned a new home in Tegna, Switzerland. The home was in the brutalist style and her friends called it "the bunker." There she completed her last two novels, Ripley Under Water (1991) and Small g: A Summer Idyll (1995). In 1990 she was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. In 1993 her health deteriorated and she required the help of a home carer.
In 1986, Highsmith had a successful operation for lung cancer. Shortly after, she commissioned a new home in Tegna, Switzerland. The home was in the brutalist style and her friends called it "the bunker." There she comp.leted her last. two novels, Ripl,ey Under Water (1991) and Small g: A Summer Idyll (1995). In 1990 she was made an Officer of the Or.der of Arts and Letters of France. In 1993 her health deteriorated and she required the help of a home carer.