<div>The astonishing novel and &ldquo;tour de force&rdquo; about a love affair in postwar France from the iconic author of All That Is (The New York Times Book Review). Twenty-year-old Yale dropout Phillip Dean is traveling Europe aimlessly in a borrowed car with little money. When he stops for a few days in a church-quiet town near Dijon, he meets Anne-Marie Costallat, a young shop assistant. The two begin an affair both carnal and innocent, and she quickly becomes to him the real France, its beating heart and an object of pure longing. James Salter, author of Light Years and the memoir Burning the Days, was an essential voice in the evolution of late twentieth-century prose, a stylist on par with Updike and Roth who won the PEN/Faulkner Award for his collection Dusk and Other Stories. 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 &ldquo;as nearly perfect as any American fiction I know.&rdquo; This ebook edition features an illustrated biography of James Salter including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

A Sport and a Pastime

<div>A novel about a lonely mountain climber from the author of All That Is: &ldquo;Beautifully composed . . . will remind readers of Camus and Saint-Exup&eacute;ry&rdquo; (The Washington Post). Vernon Rand is a charismatic figure whose great love&mdash;whose life, in fact&mdash;is climbing. He lives alone in California, where he combats the drudgery of a roofing job with the thrill of climbing in the nearby mountain ranges. Sure of only his talent and nerve, Rand decides to test himself in the French Alps, with their true mountaineering and famed, fearsome peaks. He soon learns that the most perilous moments are, for him, the moments when he feels truly alive. One of the great novels of the outdoors, Solo Faces is as thrilling, beautiful, and immediate as the Alpine peaks that have enthralled climbers for centuries. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Salter including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Solo Faces

<div>The acclaimed debut novel, a classic of war literature, by one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. In this &ldquo;darkly romantic . . . beautifully composed . . . brilliant war novel&rdquo; (Chicago Tribune) by &ldquo;the contemporary writer most admired and envied by other writers&rdquo; (Washington Post Book World), Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F-86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs. His goal, like that of every fighter pilot, is to chalk up enough kills to become an ace. But things do not turn out as expected. Mission after mission proves fruitless, and Connell finds his ability and his stomach for combat questioned by his fellow airmen: the brash wing commander, Imil; Captain Robey, an ace whose record is suspect; and finally, Lieutenant Pell, a cocky young pilot with an uncanny amount of skill and luck. Disappointment and fear gradually erode Connell&rsquo;s faith in himself, and his dream of making ace seems to slip out of reach. Then suddenly, one dramatic mission above the Yalu River reveals the depth of his courage and honor. Originally published in 1956, The Hunters was James Salter&rsquo;s first novel. Based on his own experiences as a fighter pilot in the Korean War, it is a classic of wartime fiction. Newly revised by the author, the story of Cleve Connell&rsquo;s war flies straight into the heart of men&rsquo;s rivalries and fears. &ldquo;He can . . . break your heart with a sentence.&rdquo; &mdash;Washington Post Book World &ldquo;Anyone under forty may not appreciate how profoundly Salter influenced my generation. [He] created the finest work ever to appear in print&mdash;ever&mdash;about men who fly and fight.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert F. Dorr, author of F-86 Sabre</div>

James Salter

Books By James Salter (3 Books)

A Sport and a Pastime

Solo Faces

The Hunters

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Books By James Salter (3 Books)

A Sport and a Pastime

Solo Faces

The Hunters

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