The Price of Salt: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
THE PRICE OF SALT is the famous lesbian love story by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author became notorious due to the story's latent lesbian content and happy ending, the latter having been unprecedented in homosexual fiction. Highsmith recalled that the novel was inspired by a mysterious woman she happened across in a shop and briefly stalked. Because of the happy ending (or at least an ending with the possibility of happiness) which defied the lesbian pulp formula and because of the unconventional characters that defied stereotypes about homosexuality, THE PRICE OF SALT was popular among lesbians in the 1950s. The book fell out of print but was re-issued and lives on today as a pioneering work of lesbian romance.
Quick facts about The Price of Salt
- Title: The Price of Salt
- Author: Patricia Highsmith
- First published: 1952
- Genre: collectionid:sleazy_pulp, fiction, lesbians
- OpenLibrary ID: OL59448W
Where to read The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is The Price of Salt about?
THE PRICE OF SALT is the famous lesbian love story by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan.
Who wrote The Price of Salt?
The Price of Salt was written by Patricia Highsmith.
When was The Price of Salt published?
The Price of Salt was first published in 1952.
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