The Price of Salt - Softcover

Patricia Highsmith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1562800035 ISBN 13: 9781562800031

Publisher: Naiad Press, 1991

Synopsis

Back cover text:
Revealed for the first time...
Internationally renowned Patricia Highsmith, author of many critically acclaimed suspense novels, including the famous Strangers on a Train, is Claire Morgan, author of The Price of Salt.

Nineteen year-old Therese is engaged to be married. Elegant, sophisticated Carol is married and has a child. In a New York City department store, Therese looks up from her work to meet Carol's gray-eyed gaze. From that moment on, the lives of the two women veer irrevocably off course...

So begins the eloquent, compellingly beautiful love story of Therese and Carol, first published in 1952. An entire generation of women took this great classic story to their grateful hearts and made it one of the best selling lesbian novels of all time.

The Price of Salt is timeless.
The Price of Salt belongs on every bookshelf.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.
Author Patricia Highsmith is best known for her psychological thrillers Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Originally published in 1952 under a pseudonym, The Price of Salt was heralded as "the novel of a love society forbids." Highsmith's sensitive treatment of fully realized characters who defy stereotypes about homosexuality marks a departure from previous lesbian pulp fiction. Erotic, eloquent, and suspenseful, this story offers an honest look at the necessity of being true to one's nature.
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About the Author:

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, The Blunderer and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naiad Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1562800035
• ISBN 13: 9781562800031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276