A sport and a pastime by james salter

A sport and a pastime established james salter s reputation as one of the finest writers of our time. With nick antosca, sonya chung, reynolds price, robert redford. Phillip dean, an american dropout from yale, and annemari costallat, a french shop girl, live and love, love, love. A sport and a pastime by james salter, paperback barnes. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a sport and a pastime. On june 10, 1925 salter was born and named james arnold horowitz, the son of mildred scheff and george horowitz.

Philip dean, a footloose yale dropout, is touring provincial france and sometimes paris in a borrowed, once elegant car. You could say that the book a sport and a pastime is a long poem to provincial france. I have to wonder why james salter never had commercial success, was it because he was a misogynist. A sport and a pastime established james salter s reputation as one of the. So this was a shotinthedark sort of purchase, and im glad i made it. In 1995, modern library published a hardcover edition of a sport and a pastime. This ebook features an illustrated biography of james salter including. A sport and a pastime by james salter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sport pastime by james salter, first edition abebooks. Jul 22, 2015 the full 54 minute documentary, produced by checkerboard films, captures the great purity of salter s prose and the essence of his power to evoke the erotic.

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, the prizewinning author acclaimed for his sophisticated, granular prose and sobering insights in light years, a sport and a pastime. Find a sport and a pastime by salter, james at biblio. Salter grew up in new york city and was a career officer and air force pilot until his midthirties, when the success of his first novel the hunters, 1957 led to a fulltime writing career.

James salter 1925 2015 was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Slender, cynical and bruisingly sexy, the novel represents the first full flowering of salter s mature style. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a sport and a pastime. James salter s most popular book is dont save anything. The film traces writer james salter s lifelong love affair with france, unforgettably expressed in his 1967 masterpiece, a sport and a pastime. His third novel, a sport an d a pas time, became an immediate classic on its publication in 1967 and has since remained continually in. A sport and a pastime author james salter dead at 90 originally published june 19, 2015 at 10. Like there comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real. Fragments of the novel, read by the late author, reynolds price, are intercut with ralph gibsons photographs. The fifth in a series of essays on reading as personal experience. His novel a sport and a pastime salter grew up in new york city and was a career officer and air force pilot until his midthirties, when the success of his first novel the hunters, 1957 led to a fulltime writing career. Dec 19, 2019 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. Like certain things i remember exactly as they were.

A sport and a pastime author james salter dead at 90 the. To celebrate, joe fox, salters editor at random house, hosted a dinner at a french restaurant on madison. 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. His recent passing inspired me to finally read one of his novels that i have heard so much about. A sport and a pastime by james salter reading matters. He was known as a writers writer with critical, but not commercial success. James salter, a sport and a pastime his mother is dead. May 11, 20 james salter, now in his late 80s, is amazingly good but is he great, asks james lasdun.

A sport and a pastime is a wonderfully lyrical novel worth sinking your teeth into, the short sentences really give it a poetic feel throughout the whole book. Perhaps a sport and a pastime, with its overemphasis on eroticism and its blurring of the lines between the body and the soul, was not the place to start with salter. A sport and a pastime author james salter dead at 90. Salter can describe a scene and craft a sentence as well as anyone. James salter, the prizewinning author acclaimed for his sophisticated, granular prose and sobering insights in light years, a sport and a pastime and other fiction, died friday in. North point press san fransisco 1985on the surface this is a love story. Salter s own reflections on his writing and life offer rich insights for reader and writer alike. A sport and a pastime by james salter knowledge lost. Feb 23, 2017 james salter is the author of the novels solo faces, light years, a sport and a pastime, the arm of flesh revised as cassada, the hunters and all that is. With a reputation in the writing community as a writers writer, each of james salters sentences reads like an instruction. It is remarkable for its eroticism, its luminous prose and its ability to explore the boundaries between what. Having never heard of salter despite his many critical accoladesi decided to get a few of his books. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

James salter, acclaimed author of a sport and a pastime. The film captures the great purity of salters prose and the essence of his power to evoke the erotic. A sport and a pastime is a seductive classic that established james salter s reputation as one of the finest writers of our time. A sport and a pastime is about the brief romance between philip dean, a college dropout, and annemarie, a young french girl, in the early sixties. Sep 26, 2012 you could say that the book a sport and a pastime is a long poem to provincial france. May 29, 20 james salters depictions of sex as a glorious, writhing inevitability in a sport and a pastime divulge certain truths about companionship. Books by james salter author of a sport and a pastime. A sport and a pastime is a derivative novel, descending very obviously from the europeanset fictions of fitzgerald, hemingway and miller not a bad trio to emulate, by any means, but the familiarity of setting and subject is overcome by the sheer force of salter s art. Fragments of the novel, read by the late author, reynolds price, are intercut with ralph gibsons photographs, conversations with robert. James salter quotes author of a sport and a pastime. Twentyyearold yale dropout phillip dean is traveling europe aimlessly in a borrowed car with little money.

A sport and a pastime by james salter remember that the life of this world is but a sport and a pastime. A sport an d a pas time was supposedly salter s personal favorite and his view of a perfect novel. He was considered a writers writer that is, too good for the masses to appreciate. A sport and a pastime one should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish, salter wrote in his controversial 1967 novel about a love affair between a young french woman and an. Set in provincial france in the 1960s, james salter s a sport and a pastime. Reading this book fifty years later, im testament to that statement. Salter grew up in new york city and was a career officer and air force pilot until his midthirties, when the success of his first novel the hunters, 1957 led to a. Arching gracefully, like a glorious 4th of july rocket, it illuminates the dark sky of sex. This ebook features an illustrated biography of james salter including rare photos from the authors personal collection. James salter has 49 books on goodreads with 86750 ratings. James salter, now in his late 80s, is amazingly good but is he great, asks james lasdun.

A sport and a pastime 1967 is a novel by the american writer james salter. As nearly perfect as any american fiction i know, is how reynolds price the new york times described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in europe, for almost forty years. Chris crowley, author of younger next year, was a friend of james salter and wrote a moving tribute to him. His father was a real estate broker and businessman, who had graduated from west point in november 1918 as world war i was ending and served briefly in the united states army corps of engineers. Spoiled son of a critic meets attractive young french woman. Set in provincial france in the 1960s, james salters a sport and a pastime is the intensely carnal story. Fiction survives through minor novels like this one. A sport and a pastime by james salter narrative magazine. Sport and a pastime quotes by james salter 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. This ebook edition features an illustrated biography of james salter including rare photos from the authors personal collection. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.

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Jun 19, 2015 james salter 1925 2015 was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. A sport and a pastime by james salter pan macmillan. There is the seen and the unseenand pages that burn with a rare intensity. May 26, 2011 a sport and a pastime is a derivative novel, descending very obviously from the europeanset fictions of fitzgerald, hemingway and miller not a bad trio to emulate, by any means, but the familiarity of setting and subject is overcome by the sheer force of salter s art. James salter s depictions of sex as a glorious, writhing inevitability in a sport and a pastime divulge certain truths about companionship. The second, james salter s a sport and a pastime, slowly explodes. His prose, which at first looks almost as strippeddown as james ellroys. A sport an d a pastime by james sa lter abebooks passion for books. A sport and a pastime by salter, james seller michael patrick mccarty, bookseller published 1995 condition fine in very good dust jacket. The full 54 minute documentary, produced by checkerboard films, captures the great purity of salter s prose and the essence of his power to evoke the erotic. Jun 20, 2015 james salter, the prizewinning author acclaimed for his sophisticated, granular prose and sobering insights in light years, a sport and a pastime and other fiction, has died at age 90. Following a young couple in 1960s france, a sport and a pastime asks how we make sense of romance and tells the truth about sexual love. A novel picador modern classics by salter, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A sport and a pastime a documentary focusing both on that most wellknown of his novels, as well as his lifelong love affair with france.

James salter 19252015 was a master of the short story, an exquisite novelist and memoirist, an accomplished screenwriter, essayist, and journalist, the recipient of numerous awards, and a member of the american academy of arts and letters. I wasnt sure what i was expecting but i am glad i gave it a try. Beautiful and haunting, a sport and a pastime is one of the first great american novels to speak frankly of human desire and the yearning for passion free of guilt and shame. A sport and a pastime was supposedly salter s personal favorite and his view of a perfect novel. He begins a mismatched affair with a young shop girl named annemarie. A sport and a pastime is still one of the most intensely honest books about sexual passion. His novel a sport and a pastime 1967 was hailed by the new york times as nearly perfect as any american fiction. This 54minute documentary traces the writer james salters lifelong love affair with france, unforgettably expressed in his 1967 masterpiece, a sport and a pastime. James salters depictions of sex as a glorious, writhing inevitability in a sport and a pastime divulge certain truths about companionship. It is remarkable for its eroticism, its luminous prose and its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt and what is lived, between body and soul. Set in france in the early 1960s, the sad and tender story concerns the erotic. It is remarkable for its eroticism, its luminous prose and its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt and what is lived, between body and.