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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
Patria Highsmith has herself discussed the origins of the novel. She wrote about it detail HERE for the Telegraph, but here are some highlights:
(Of note, Blanchett makes this motion with the gloves in the film adaptation). |
It's interesting that the book is basically a sort of fantasy crafted from a brief encounter with a mesmerising woman that she met.
I feel that Carol is also a sort of motherly figure for Therese, with Therese being (like) an orphan and younger than Carol. Although, the book mentions that Therese guesses Carol's age at around 32, but with Blanchett playing her in the film my first impression of Carol was closer to 40-ish.
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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I have to finish my current book from the library before I can start this one. The book is The Good Son by You-jeong Jeong. Ironically it is described as “The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed.” Also it is a South Korean thriller translated by Chi-Young Kim. She translated Please Look After Mom which the Lit Club read earlier this year.
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I'm listening to the audiobook of The Price of Salt since I'd just finished my last one, and I had to do a lot of solo travelling recently giving me time to finish up the last few hours of the previous book and start about two hours ahead on the 10-hour Highsmith.
I haven't read either The Talented Mr. Ripley or The Bad Seed, but both of those films are great so hopefully that bodes well for you for The Good Son! I hadn't thought of it until just now, but there's also definite gay undertones (or perhaps more than undertones) in film of The Talented Mr. Ripley. I'm not sure how the novel fares on that count but now I'm thinking Highsmith might have been sensitive to at least hint at varying sexualities in her various work rather than solely in The Price of Salt.