"A great American writer…Highsmith's writing is wicked…it puts a spell on you." ―Entertainment Weekly
Now a major motion picture.
Patricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids," the book soon became a cult classic.
Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, Carol tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose routine is forever shattered by a gorgeous epiphany―the appearance of Carol Aird, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job. They fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation. Carol is a brilliantly written story that may surprise Highsmith fans and will delight those discovering her work.
This authorized edition includes an afterword by Patricia Highsmith. Previously titled The Price of Salt.
About the Author
Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, The Blunderer and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.
- "我觉得我爱上了你，也觉得现在应该是春天了。我希望阳光照在我头上，像音乐一样跳动。我想到像贝多芬的太阳，像德彪西的风，像斯特拉文斯基的鸟鸣，可是一切的节奏都是我的。"
- "It was dawn now. Carol's fingers tightened in her hair, Carol kissed her on the lips, and pleasure leaped in Therese again as if it were only a continuation of the moment when Carol had slipped her arm under her neck last night. I love you, Therese wanted to say again, and then the words were erased"
- "特芮丝笑了，这就是卡罗尔的典型动作，就是她以前所深爱，以后也会一直深爱下去的卡罗尔。喔，现在爱她的方式不一样了，因为她已经是个新的人了，就像从头来过，重新再度首遇卡罗尔，但遇到的还是卡罗尔，不是别人。无论在千百个不同的城市中，在千百个不同的房子里，还是在遥远的异邦，她们都会携手在一起，在天堂，在地狱都是一样。"
- "“卡罗尔，我爱你。” 卡罗尔挺直了身子。特芮丝用热切的、带着睡意的双眼盯着她看。然后卡罗尔把睡衣从行李箱里拿出来，再把行李箱合上。她走向特芮丝，把手放在她的肩上。她绷紧肩膀，仿佛要向特芮丝要求一个承诺，也像在探询着她，看看她说的话是否属实。然后她亲吻了特芮丝的双唇，仿佛两人之前已经吻过好几千次。 “你不知道我爱你吗？”卡罗尔说。"
- "房裡只有一張雙人床，她們穿著睡衣坐下，喝著牛奶，還一起分享卡蘿早先因為疲憊而沒有吃完的柳橙。特芮絲把牛奶瓶放在地板上，看著已經睡著的卡蘿。卡蘿俯臥著，一隻手抬高過肩，她睡著的時候就是這樣。特芮絲熄了燈，接下來卡蘿的手臂滑到她的頸子下，她們的身體緊密接觸貼住，仿佛已經先安排好一樣。幸福就像是綠色的藤蔓爬滿她的全身，伸展纖細的卷鬚，從她的血肉中生出花朵。她看到灰白色的花朵在閃爍，好像出現在黑暗中或在水面底下一樣。她想起人們談論天堂的原因。 “睡覺吧，”卡蘿說。 特芮絲希望她不要睡著。但她感覺到卡蘿的手在她肩上移動時，她知道卡蘿已經睡著了。卡蘿的手在她的頭髮上握緊，卡蘿吻了她的唇，愉悅之情再度躍上特"
- "卡罗尔想知道她所有的事情，路上的情况怎样，她现在穿的是黄色的还是蓝色的睡衣。“没有了你，我今晚很难入睡。” “没错”这句话不知从哪儿冒了出来。特芮丝感觉到眼泪马上就要夺眶而出了。 “你除了没错之外，就不能说点其他的事情吗？” “我爱你。”"
- "她抬着头，让风把她的头发从脸上往后吹，想起卡罗尔说过，我喜欢看你走路的样子，远远看到你的时候，我觉得你好像只有五英寸高，就走在我的手掌上面。"
- ""South Dakota?" Carol smiled at her."You wouldn't prefer Santa Fe? It's warmer." "I'll wait and see it with you." "Not Colorado Springs?" "No!" Therese laughed, and got up.She took her toothbrush into the bathroom."I might even take a job somewhere for a week." "What kind of job?" "any kind. Just to"
