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| | 1. |  | A Sport and a Pastime: A Novel
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Price: $10.40
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Dean is an American college dropout visiting France and who meets the narrator through a social dinner. The story focuses on Dean's relationship with a young French woman and on the narrator, who remains quite an outsider but totally in awe of Dean. This book is atmospheric and haunting. Salter... more info
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| | 2. |  | Light Years
from Vintage
Price: $10.17
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James Salter is a terrific writer. But after ploughing through the first 100 pages of this book, I had no desire to continue. The story follows the marriage of a pair of privileged (Westchester-dwelling), self-absorbed narcissists, and I just couldn't bring myself to care. Mr Salter writes warmly,... more info
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| | 3. |  | The Young Lions
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $16.88
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I have never been presented with a better view of World War II. Usually, I get the point of view of a U.S. soldier in France, pushing against the Panzers. Never have I had the opportunity to see the war through Nazi eyes, or even Jewish eyes. Seeing that our enemy was just a kid, concerned with... more info
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| | 4. |  | The Hunters: A Novel
from Vintage
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Here Salter captures what in some sense most of the readers can never really know, the burning desire, a desire that validates the experience by its singular intensity alone, for something you "could not steal" or "be given," that "no man on earth was rich enough to buy it and it was worth nothing,"... more info
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| | 5. |  | Solo Faces: A Novel
from North Point Press
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Another great novel by one of the most underappreciated contemporary authors. This time Salter (an ex-combat jet fighter pilot turned author), surprisingly, takes the reader into the obscure world of world-class mountain climbing.
Salter's writing is as always, lean and powerful. The climber's... more info
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| | 6. | [no image] | Burning the Days : Recollection
from Random House, Incorporated
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I really liked Salter the Soldier. When he talked about his military days he seemed to be a man of principles who was living an exciting life. Several times when reading of his life as a writer after leaving the Air Force I had to look at the book's cover to be sure I was reading about the same man.... more info
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| | 7. |  | Last Night
from Vintage
Price: $10.40
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We live in an age of hype, which leads us to believe that this is a decadent era, but under the glitz radar are many artists who are as good as any writer in the past. James Salter is a candidate for the best writer today. Last Night is a superb collection of his short stories.
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| | 8. |  | Gods of Tin: The Flying Years
from Shoemaker & Hoard
Price: $24.00
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Gods of Tin is a book divided into three parts roughly equating to the authors various service assignments within the Air Force. The first section covers his time from enlistment to his flight training and onto the time where he was ready to ship out to Korea. The second part is a partial journal of... more info
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| | 10. |  | Dusk and Other Stories
from North Point Press
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James Salter's use of our language is so brilliant and original, it inspires awe. In one brief turn of a phrase he is able to illuminate entire lives, and yet his words are simple and direct. These stories are like beautiful Chinese puzzle boxes, with a rich lustre that only hints at the intricate... more info
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