The Price of Salt
by Patricia Highsmithliterary work· published 1952
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'Their eyes met at the same instant, Therese glancing up from a box she was opening, and the woman just turning her head so she looked directly at Therese. She was tall and fair, her long figure graceful in the loose fur coat that she held open with a hand on her waist. Her eyes were grey, colourless, yet dominant as light or fire, and, caught by them, Therese could not look away.' When this remarkable novel was published under a pseudonym in 1952, it was said to be the first gay book with a happy ending. To encounter Therese and Carol four decades on is an enlightening experience. For this bold breakthrough, which prompted an avalanche of gratitude from readers, is as fresh, heartening and moving today. Therese was nineteen – loved by a young man she cared about, but could not desire.
Adaptations (1)
The Price of Salt was adapted into a 2015 film.
Carol2015 · film · 118 min · dir. Todd Haynes · IMDb ↗In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
