In this video, author james salter speaks about his experience visiting france for the first time, in 1950. Pdf a sport and a pastime by james salter download pdf. A sport and a pastime by salter, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A great literary novel but also the most erotic book ever written. Aug 22, 2006 set in provincial france in the 1960s, james salter s 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. A sport and a pastime by james salter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A sport and a pastime by james salter pan macmillan. Read a sport and a pastime by james salter for free with a 30 day free trial.
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. Touring paris and provincial france in a handsome borrowed car, philip dean, yale dropout, has an affair with a young french woman named annemarie. A sport and a pastime 1967 is a novel by the american writer james salter. I read this book because i loved salters novel light years, which was his next novel after this one. In 1995, modern library published a hardcover edition of a sport and a pastime. What appears at first to be a short, tragic novel about a love affair in france is. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Released in 1967, james salter s a sport and a pastime, which has become something of a cult novel, doesnt seem to fit in with the summer of love ethos of its time. There is the seen and the unseenand pages that burn with a rare intensity. James salter has 47 books on goodreads with 87728 ratings.
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For another viewpoint courtesy of the lrb, check out james meeks assessment of the book alongside salters collected stories. James salter is one of those authors i had only ever heard good things about, so when i found a sport and a pastime in my local secondhand store i live a few doors down from elizabeths bookshop in fremantle, i couldnt resist buying it first published in 1967, it tells the story of a love affair between an. A sport and a pastime, though not obscure, has a whiff of the occult about it, with its hazy voyeuristic sex and a title taken from the koran. A sport and a pastime is a seductive classic that established james salter s reputation as one of the finest writers of our time. First edition of the awardwinning writers intensely erotic third novel, signed by salter on the title. A sport and a pastime is a seductive classic that established james salters reputation as one. Released in 1967, james salters a sport and a pastime, which has become something of a cult novel, doesnt seem to fit in with the summer of love ethos of its time. The fifth in a series of essays on reading as personal experience. Fiction survives through minor novels like this one. One cannot introduce the work of james salter without mentioning his. Open road wanted to publish a sport and a pastime together with light years in a series called or regarded as modern classics, but light years wasnt available vintage was already publishing light years as an ebook and was replaced by solo faces. James salter was the celebrated author of six novels the hunters, 1957. This ebook edition features an illustrated biography of james salter including rare photos from the authors personal collection. James salters a sport and a pastime is published as a picador classic.
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