The Price of Salt, or Carol Coming of Age Thrown together against their will

Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

moving from incisive descriptions of modern social realities to poetic ruminations on the future

relationships

Most frightening of all

they will set an empire ablaze

The Price of Salt, or Carol Coming of Age Thrown together against their willPatricia 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, The Price of Salt (or Carol) tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department store day job,