Name: Carol
SKU: 47266546
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: Patricia Highsmith
ISBN: 9780393352689

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Physical Book

Author

Patricia Highsmith

Publisher

W W Norton & Co Inc

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780393352689

Carol

Patricia Highsmith (Author) · W W Norton & Co Inc · Paperback

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Synopsis "Carol "

"A great American writer…Highsmith's writing is wicked…it puts a spell on you." ―Entertainment WeeklyNow a major motion picture.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.

Patricia Highsmith

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She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921, but moved to New York when she was six years old. By the age of sixteen, she became a writer. She was known for being a solitary person. She moved to Europe in 1963 and spent her last years in a secluded house near Locarno, on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Upon her death, she left three million dollars from her estate to Yaddo, the artists' community in upstate New York. Her first novel Strangers on a Train, was turned into a famous movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Her last novel Small g: A Summer Idyll was published posthumously just over a month later.

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Emilia Tello Monday, November 29, 2021
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Es un libro super lindo de leer y para nada aburrido. Primero me vi la película sin saber de la existencia del libro, pero cuando me enteré dije "tengo que leerlo". Como sabemos, las películas suelen cambiar cosas de lo que era la historia original, pero sin duda el libro es mucho mejor. En fin, Patricia Highsmith supremacy.
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Oriana Alejandra Parra Orozco Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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Es un libro que espero leer pronto, tiene una historia de amor muy atrapante. Llegó en excelentes condiciones.
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Isabella Muñoz Wednesday, May 03, 2023
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Un libro precioso, es toda un experiencia llena de emociones profundas. It's just perfect. "everything comes full circle".
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Rocío Luengo Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Excelente edición, la calidad del papel es de primera. Me gustó el afterwords de la autora. Hermosa historia
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