Carol - The Price of Salt

Patricia Highsmith

W. W. Norton

2015

293 páginas

9h 46m

ISBN-13: 9780393352689

Patricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids," the book soon became a cult classic.

Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, Carol tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose routine is forever shattered by a gorgeous epiphany―the appearance of Carol Aird, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job. They fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation. Carol is a brilliantly written story that may surprise Highsmith fans and will delight those discovering her work.

This authorized edition includes an afterword by Patricia Highsmith. Previously titled The Price of Salt.

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4 (Muito bom)

Mona viada!!!

Principalmente e particularmente amo livro com tema assim, é meu preferido!!

Ainda sendo um livro das antrolas mostra o quanto a autora foi corajosa com tal tema.
Não é nada tão explícito e nem erótico nas cenas. Uma abordagem até poetica.

Particularmente eu iria agir como a Therese fácil fácil.

Nem sei o que escrever, livros assim me deixa
viada e me faz querer viver um romance do mesmo jeito. 😅

— “As pessoas sempre se apaixonam pelas coisas que não podem ter?”

— “Sempre”