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The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, which traces the burgeoning love affair between the 19-year-old shop clerk Therese Belivet and Carol Aird, a glamourous, alluring older woman who is undergoing an acrimonious divorce. In spite of their apparent differences, the two women are soon unable to deny their attraction to one another, and must fight against the pervasive homophobia that conspires to keep them apart. The Price of Salt was initially published under a pseudonym, before being republished as Carol under Highsmith’s own name. The novel’s happy ending was unprecedented for lesbian fiction at the time, and it inspired an Academy Award-winning film in 2015.

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