by Patricia Highsmith · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140149067
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Carol is a novel by Patricia Highsmith that tells the story of Therese Belivet, a young stage designer trapped in a department store job, and Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce. The novel explores their love affair and their journey across the United States. Originally published in 1952 under a pseudonym, it was one of the first lesbian-themed novels to have a happy ending.
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
