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Anna Valenn, Le Blog |
‘It’s Czech. It’s changed,’ Therese explained awkwardly. ‘Originally –’
‘It’s very original.’
‘What’s your name?’ Therese asked. ‘Your first name?’
‘My name? Carol. Please don’t ever call me Carole.’
‘Please don’t ever call me Thereese,’ Therese said, pronouncing the ‘th’.
‘How do you like it pronounced? Therese?’
‘Yes. The way you do,’ she answered. Carol pronounced her name the French way, Terez. She was used to a dozen variations, and sometimes she herself pronounced it differently. She liked the way Carol pronounced it, and she liked her lips saying it. An indefinite longing, that she had been only vaguely conscious of at times before, became now a recognizable wish. It was so absurd, so embarrassing a desire, that Therese thrust it from her mind.
‘It’s Czech. It’s changed,’ Therese explained awkwardly. ‘Originally –’
‘It’s very original.’
‘What’s your name?’ Therese asked. ‘Your first name?’
‘My name? Carol. Please don’t ever call me Carole.’
‘Please don’t ever call me Thereese,’ Therese said, pronouncing the ‘th’.
‘How do you like it pronounced? Therese?’
‘Yes. The way you do,’ she answered. Carol pronounced her name the French way, Terez. She was used to a dozen variations, and sometimes she herself pronounced it differently. She liked the way Carol pronounced it, and she liked her lips saying it. An indefinite longing, that she had been only vaguely conscious of at times before, became now a recognizable wish. It was so absurd, so embarrassing a desire, that Therese thrust it from her mind.
Carol, Patricia Highsmith, trad. Emmanuèle de Lesseps, en Livre de Poche - On est à New York, fin des années 40 - début 50. Thérèse a 19 ans, est apprentie décoratrice de théâtre, un petit boulot de vendeuse dans un grand magasin. Carol, élégante blonde aux yeux gris, est en cours de divorce grand bourgeois. Harge, le mari de Carol, lui collera un détective aux trousses, afin d'obtenir la garde exclusive de Rindy, leur fille.
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Superbement adapté au cinéma par Todd Haynes avec la magnétique Cate Blanchett dans le rôle de Carol, et la Audrey Hepburnesque Rooney Mara dans celui de Therese - et bande son entêtante signée Carter Burwell. Le roman est aussi bon que le film, ce qui est rare ! Et complémentaires : les points de vue sont symétriques, celui de Thérèse dans le roman, celui de Carol dans le film.
‘What do they say makes a play a classic, Therese?’
‘A classic-’ Her voice sounded tight and stifled.
'A classic is something with a basic human situation.’
‘A classic-’ Her voice sounded tight and stifled.
'A classic is something with a basic human situation.’