About this title: These 10 stories by James Salter are about marriage, betrayal, loss, and the passage of time. The title story is about a terminally ill woman's suicide; in "Bangkok" a book dealer has a troubling reunion with a long-lost love; and "My Lord You" is about a lonely woman, a famous poet, and a dog.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date published: 2005-04-19
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400078417ISBN:1400078415
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date published: 2006
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Publisher: Knopf
Date published: 2005-04-19
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Publisher: Vintage
Date published: 2006
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, NY
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
Description: Signed. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 134 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The author's second collection of short stories. One of the most important literary events of the year 2005. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "Perhaps this collection of Salter's short stories will shake him free of the impositions of his reputation as a writer's writer. There is nothing wrong with being someone other writers like to read, but ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400043125ISBN:1400043123
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date published: 03/03/2006
ISBN-13:9780330441179ISBN:0330441175
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date published: 02/03/2007
ISBN-13:9780330448505ISBN:0330448501
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"Incredible. Very brief, I read this in a day. I've read it several times before, and it doesn't lose its punch. Salter creates little perfect worlds with little perfect sentences. He's very precise, yet the stories aren't stilted. A few toward the end sag a bit, but the final story is an absolute stunner. Most of the women in the collection are young and beautiful, with gorgeous bodies which are often in swimsuits. Salter sometimes shocks with somewhat twisty moves, but not quite to a fault. This is an incredible collection for anyone who likes sparse, terse, brilliant short stories."
"Pithy stories centered (in most cases) on somewhat soulless, clinging characters seemingly unaware of their own superficiality. I'd at first anticipated the revealing of something universal--ruminations on life squandered and fictitious "experience" perhaps leading to an epiphany or two--but soon resigned myself to the vaguely predictable revelations in each snapshot-like tale. Also, I was turned off by the needless reduction of most female characters to an assemblage of body parts subjected to the scrutiny of a faintly chauvinistic male gaze. Quick read."
"Although Salter has control of the language throughout, I found 3/4 of this collection to be predictable fare from the academic-literary-MFA-nobody-reads-this-only-because-it's-art camp. I liked Platinum the best, in which Salter simply nails the subject of infatuation, how a man will willingly continue to damage himself and his family for a younger woman, despite being fully aware that it isn't love and he's wrecking his life. This story alone was worth the time it took to get through the others. Palm Court deals with regret in an emotionally honest way. I also liked My Lord You. As for the title story Last Night, I honestly don't see why readers say it is a masterpiece. I felt the prose was stiff and the ending a bit O-Henryesque. Salter's dialogue is mostly wanting, even approaching a Mary Higgins Clark style at times. He has characters saying Cheever-like things like "darling" and "ravishing", even to a five year old girl (who herself doesn't speak with any authenticity). I found the use of the em-dash as a dialogue tag showy and distracting, but worse it distanced me from the action of the speakers. Salter has a few gems here, but the collection fails to resonate because he tries to hit all the MFA-PC bases; the cancer story, the gay story, etc. I read this on a recommendation of my writing teacher. I think Salter has talent, and will seek out more of his work."
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