{"product_id":"carol","title":"Carol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire Morgan and the title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Patricia Highsmith’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a love story that quietly challenged the conventions of its time. Therese Belivet, a young sales assistant in a Manhattan department store, meets Carol Aird, an elegant married woman in the midst of a divorce. What begins as an encounter across a shop counter develops into an attachment that draws both women beyond the boundaries of their familiar lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet against the social constraints of post-war America, the novel explores desire, independence, class, and the risks of choosing a life outside accepted expectations. Distinct from the psychological menace of Highsmith’s better-known thrillers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals her gift for tension and moral ambiguity within a deeply intimate story. Its refusal of the tragic conventions traditionally imposed on queer characters made it a landmark of lesbian literature; republished under Highsmith’s own name in 1990, it remains one of her most affecting works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Patricia Highsmith, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eCarol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“An original, honest novel, a remarkable imaginative achievement by any standard.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Financial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64193677984074,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/carol","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}