![]() ![]() ![]() Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job. ![]() First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids," the book soon became a cult classic.īased on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, The Price of Salt (or 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. Patricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. "A great American writer…Highsmith's writing is wicked…it puts a spell on you." - Entertainment Weekly ![]()
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