4.5
Carol (les eaux dérobées) : roman
Thérèse, vendeuse dans un grand magasin, rencontre Carol, qui est belle, fascinante, fortunée. Elle va découvrir auprès d'elle ce qu'aucun homme ne lui a jamais inspiré : l'amour. Une passion naît, contrariée par le mari de Carol, lequel n'hésite pas à utiliser leur petite fille comme un moyen de chantage.
Subjects
RELEASED1990
PUBLISHERCalmann-Lévy
LENGTH297
LANGUAGEFR
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) 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 throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
4.5
Carol (les eaux dérobées) : roman
Thérèse, vendeuse dans un grand magasin, rencontre Carol, qui est belle, fascinante, fortunée. Elle va découvrir auprès d'elle ce qu'aucun homme ne lui a jamais inspiré : l'amour. Une passion naît, contrariée par le mari de Carol, lequel n'hésite pas à utiliser leur petite fille comme un moyen de chantage.
Subjects
RELEASED1990
PUBLISHERCalmann-Lévy
LENGTH297
LANGUAGEFR
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) 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 throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
