by PatriciaHighsmith (Author)
Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter; she looks preoccupied, exuding an aura of elegance as perfect as a secret. Standing there at the counter, Therese suddenly feels wholly innocent - wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. Therese was nineteen, and loved by a young man she cared about, but could not desire. Carol was a sophisticated married woman. Now Therese seemed to have no other purpose to her life other than their meeting First published under a pseudonym in 1952, Carol is a love story told with compelling wit and eroticism, and consummate tenderness.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 20 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0747580286
ISBN 13: 9780747580287
Book Overview: Rejacketed as part of Bloomsbury's ongoing Highsmith reissue programme A moving love story, first published pseudonymously in 1952