Name: Carol
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Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Patricia Highsmith
ISBN: 9780393352689

Type

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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Nació en Fort Worth, Texas, en 1921, pero se mudó a Nueva York cuando tenía seis años. A la edad de dieciséis años se convirtió en escritora. Se caracterizaba por ser una persona solitaria. Se mudó a Europa en 1963 y pasó sus últimos años en una casa aislada cerca de Locarno, en la frontera entre Suiza e Italia. A su muerte, dejó tres millones de dólares de su patrimonio a Yaddo, la comunidad de artistas en el norte de Nueva York. Su primera novela Strangers on a Train, fue convertida en una famosa película de Alfred Hitchcock en 1951. Su última novela Small g: A Summer Idyll se publicó póstumamente poco más de un mes después.

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Oriana Alejandra Parra OrozcoWednesday, 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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Emilia TelloMonday, 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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Isabella MuñozWednesday, 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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