Carol
by Patricia Highsmith
4.3
Therese Belivet, a young woman working in a New York department store, meets Carol Aird — older, wealthy, in the midst of a difficult divorce. A love story told with Highsmith's characteristic precision, remarkable for its time because it ends happily. Originally published in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire Morgan as 'The Price of Salt', it was the first novel in American publishing to portray a lesbian relationship without punishment or renunciation. Filmed in 2015 with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
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