The Price of Salt (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Patricia Highsmith published </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Price of Salt</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> in 1952 under a pseudonym. At a time when love between women was either hidden or portrayed as shameful or doomed Highsmith dared to imagine another scenario. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Price of Salt</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-now a major film </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Carol</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara-tells the story of Therese a young woman starting out in New York City and Carol a suburban wife facing divorce whose chance meeting sparks an unexpected and life-changing connection. With extraordinary acuity and burning tenderness Highsmith depicts the evolution of their relationship in powerfully resonant terms.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Highsmith rightly famous for psychological thrillers including </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Strangers on a Train </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The Talented Mr. Ripley </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>here focuses her singular powers of observation on the nature of desire intimacy and freedom. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Price of Salt</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> one of the great novels of the twentieth-century is a deeply moving love story and a gripping work of art that dramatizes an ethical path toward human happiness. This Warbler Classics edition includes a new introduction by pathbreaking literary scholar Catharine R. Stimpson.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p>