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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9781400078417
ISBN number: 1400078415
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: March 14, 2006
Publishing house: Vintage
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 38184
Studio: Vintage
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Last Night is a spellbinding collection of stories about passion–by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. These ten powerful stories portray men and women in their most intimate moments. A lover of poetry is asked by his wife to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. A book dealer is forced to face the truth about his life. And in the title story, a translator assists his wife’s suicide, even as he performs a last act of betrayal. James Salter’s assured style and emotional insight make him one of our most essential writers
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We live in an age of hype, which leads us to believe that this is a decadent era, but under the glitz radar are many artists who are as good as any writer in the past. James Salter is a candidate for the best writer today. Last Night is a superb collection of his short stories.
What makes Salter special is that he writes moral fiction, in the sense that John Gardner meant. That does not mean that it is preachy or didactic; this is fiction which engages the reader not just emotionally, but on a moral or principled level as well. That is a much harder type of fiction to write and all but abandoned by the fiction glitterati, but not by Mr. Salter.
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Salter had a handful of interesting and compelling thoughts for a few desultory years. Then he woke up one morning and had an epiphany: "I don't have real book in me that could accomodate these concepts, but perhaps I could write some short stories and sell them to an audience consisting of former readers who liked my work, or new folks who didn't do their homework. A week later "Last Night" was finished. A pithy, boring work, interspersed with a handful of interesting and compelling thoughts. Oh, I said that already. So did Mr. Salter.
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Like a few of the other disillusioned reviewers I made the mistake of reading this turd masquerading as dark chocolate. It is true that Salter can write, that much is obvious. But after suffering through Last Night, in hope of vindicating the praise, I beleive the question is whether he should write at all. However, if you find that you can relate to or enjoy reading the stories of those who spend their time drinking fine wine, vacationing in their international summer homes, having executive affairs, and only admiring a woman for purely physical reasons, you may just love this book. File this somewhere between "Days of Our Lives" and "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous." Watch your step.
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Great stories. Elegant writing which captures many different facets of relationships involving love and sex. Well worth it.
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James Salter never disappoints.
I read "Burning the Days" when it was published in 1998 and was captivated by the beauty of Salter's writing about his personal experiences.
When I searched for more, I found his brilliant novels: "A Sport and a Pastime", "Light Years", "The Hunters", and the beautiful "Dusk and Other Stories."
Salter's recent "There and Then", contains unforgettable reflections on travel written in his unforgettable style, and "Life is Meals: A Food Lovers Book of Days", a collaboration with his wife, is a delicious book about cooking and eating and drinking and life that can be opened to any page and savored.
"Last Night", a little book with a charming cover, is a special treasure filled with exquisite short stories. Not to be missed!
Salter is superb.
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