by Patricia Highsmith · tapa dura · ISBN 9782286471002
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Carol (Les Eaux dérobées)» is the novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Calmann-Lévy in hardback, in French.
Set in the New York of the 1950s, the novel follows Therese Belivet, a young aspiring set designer, and Carol Aird, a married woman living an unhappy marriage. The relationship between the two, marked by the social restrictions of the era, becomes the axis of a story of love and desire.
This French-language edition, in hardback, was published in June 1990 and corresponds to ISBN 9782286471002.
Patricia Highsmith 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 in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
