Books by James Salter
Light Years
by James Salter
An elegant, elegaic portrait of a perfect marriage, slowly unraveling. A Sport and a Pastime, also a novel, describes an incandescent but illicit love affair set in mid-century France; it is brief and unforgettable. I also recommend the collections of short stories, Dusk and Last Night. Salter takes you instantly into the mysteries that compel people beneath the patina of well-ordered lives -- their wines, restaurants, travel, and then their betrayals, their little deaths.
Interviews where books by James Salter were recommended
The best books on Adultery, recommended by Evan Zimroth
The poet, novelist and author of memoirs explores parallels between faith in the divine and commitment to a worldly erotic passion, and books that show you can have purity within licentiousness
