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New york prizewinning author james salter, acclaimed for his sophisticated, granular prose and sobering insights in light years, a sport and a pastime and other fiction, has died. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Feb 23, 2017 a sport and a pastime is still one of the most intensely honest books about sexual passion.

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What appears at first to be a short, tragic novel about a love affair in. Salter grew up in new york city and was a career officer and air force pilot until his midthirties, when the success of his first novel the hunters, 1957 led to a fulltime writing career. Click to read more about a sport and a pastime by james salter. One of the first great american novels to speak frankly of human desire free of guilt and shame, a sport and a pastime inspired reynolds price to call it as nearly perfect as any american fiction i know. To ask other readers questions about a sport and a pastime, please sign up. His novel a sport and a pastime 1967 was hailed by the new york times as nearly perfect as any american fiction. It is remarkable for its eroticism, its luminous prose and its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt and what is lived, between body and soul. Read a sport and a pastime online by james salter books free. Recently, for the fourth or fifth time in my life, i started trying to read james salters a sport and a pastime. James salter is the author of numerous books, including the novels solo faces, light years, a sport and a pastime, the arm of flesh revised as cassada, the hunters and all that is. A sport and a pastime by james salter pan macmillan. Since its publication in 1967, during the decade of sexual revolution, a sport and a pastime has set the standard not only for eroticism in fiction, but for the principal organ of literature.

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This page contains details about the fiction book a sport and a pastime by james salter published in 1967. Aug 22, 2006 a sport and a pastime 1968 is the third novel of the american writer james salter b. A sport and a pastime by salter, james seller michael patrick mccarty, bookseller published 1995 condition fine in very good dust jacket. Phillip dean, an american dropout from yale, and annemari costallat, a french shop girl, live and love, love, love. James salter books list of books by author james salter. He begins a mismatched affair with a young shop girl named annemarie. A novel fsg classics by salter, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. James salters blue, indolent corner of burgundy the new.

Set in provincial burgundy in the early 1960s, a sport and a pastime, the 1967 novel by the american writer james salter, depicts a love affair between an aimless yale dropout named dean and. Following a young couple in 1960s france, a sport and a pastime. Read a sport and a pastime by james salter for free with a 30 day free trial. A sport and a pastime is a seductive classic that established james salters reputation as one. Set in provincial france in the 1960s, james salters a sport and a pastime is the intensely carnal story. Slender, cynical and bruisingly sexy, the novel represents the first full flowering of salters mature style. Find a sport and a pastime by salter, james at biblio. Sport pastime by james salter, first edition abebooks. A sport and a pastime by salter, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I bought my copy many years ago, after falling in love with his story collections and enjoying light years, probably his bestknown novel. James salters a sport and a pastime is published as a picador classic. James salter has 47 books on goodreads with 88293 ratings.

Feb 17, 2017 james salters a sport and a pastime is published as a picador classic. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a sport and a pastime. Set in provincial france in the 1960s, james salters a sport and a pastime is the intensely carnal storypart shocking reality, part feverish dream of a love affair between a footloose yale dropout and a young french girl. James salter 1925 2015 was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Beautiful and haunting, a sport and a pastime is one of the first great american novels to speak frankly of human desire and the yearning for passion free of guilt and shame. James salter was the celebrated author of six novels the hunters, 1957. James salters blue, indolent corner of burgundy the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Since its publication in 1967, during the decade of sexual revolution, a sport and a pastime has set the standard not only for eroticism in fiction, but for the principal organ of literature the imagination. A sport and a pastime by james salter librarything.

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