During this period of her life she lived variously in New York and Mexico. She continued to write short stories, many of them comic book stories, and regularly earned herself a weekly $55 pay-check. Shortly after graduation her short story 'The Heroine' was published in the Harper's Bazaar magazine and it was selected as one of the 22 best stories that appeared in American magazines in 1945 and it won the O Henry award for short stories in 1946. Returning to her parents in New York, she attended public schools in New York City and later graduated from Barnard College in 1942. She lived with her grandmother, mother and later step-father (her mother divorced her natural father six months before 'Patsy' was born and married Stanley Highsmith) in Fort Worth before moving with her parents to New York in 1927 but returned to live with her grandmother for a year in 1933. The book is also the basis of the acclaimed 2015 film Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations over the years. Erotic, eloquent, and suspenseful, this story offers an honest look at the necessity of being true to one's nature. 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.
But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.Īuthor Patricia Highsmith is best known for her psychological thrillers Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr.
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. A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic.
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