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A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

A Sport and a Pastime James Salter ebook
Page: 200
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780374530501
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

It rolls from the tongue plump and juicy. He is 85 now, regarded with awe by writers but largely unknown to the general reader. He reminds me a bit of Fitzgerald as well. His writing is deceptively simple. It sounds like music to the ears. Posted by lisasliterarylife in Uncategorized. James Salter is the American author of A Sport and A Pastime, Light Years and other books. Like Surrender, A Sport and a Pastime's language is luminous and poetic and exciting. Prominently recorded on the inside cover of Salter's first notebook for the 1967 novel A Sport and a Pastime is an instructive quote by André Gide: “Write as if this were your only book, your last book. Famous Quotations, James Salter, Koran. Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: A Sport and a Pastime , by James Salter.