Patricia Highsmith is a famous American writer who worked in the short story, psychological noir detective and novel genres. Her works were filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, Liliana Cavani, Wim Wenders, Rene Clement and others. The Price of Salt is an iconic novel that was groundbreaking in American literature in the 1950s and is still relevant today. It tells about the difficult journey that two strong and passionate women had to overcome - young and poor Therese, working as a saleswoman in a department store, and housewife Carol, exhausted by the divorce process.