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Salter, James

Overview
Works: 122 works in 342 publications in 16 languages and 12,582 library holdings
Genres: Short stories  War stories  Domestic fiction  Erotic fiction  Historical fiction  Patents 
Roles: Author of screenplay, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Scenarist, Creator
Classifications: ps3569.a4622, 813.54
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18 editions published between and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,028 libraries worldwide
A superbly accomplished new collection explores the acclaimed author's signature themes: love, honor, sacrifice, friendship, and abandon. In these taut, powerful stories, Salter portrays men and women in their most intimate moments.
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23 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 992 libraries worldwide
These memoirs of writer James Salter span fifty years, covering his childhood in Manhattan, graduation from West Point, service as an Air Force pilot in the Korean War, and career as a writer.
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25 editions published between and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 904 libraries worldwide
This exquisite, resonant novel is a brilliant portrait of marriage by a contemporary American master. Even as he lingers over the lustrous surface of Viri and Nedra's marriage, James Salter makes us see the cracks that are spreading through it, flaws that will in time mar it beyond repair. "An unexpectedly moving ode to beautiful lives frayed by time."
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18 editions published between and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 880 libraries worldwide
Offers a collection of stories that expose the surface beauty of relationships and places, as well as their underlying flaws, reflecting the moments, experiences, and details that shape lives.
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27 editions published between and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 745 libraries worldwide
Salter chronicles a love affair between a young shopgirl and an American college dropout against the backdrop of provincial France.
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21 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 683 libraries worldwide
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17 editions published between and 2008 in English and French and held by 673 libraries worldwide
Décrit la pureté des grands espaces, l'amitié et l'ambition qui lient les hommes au plus fort du danger et la déchirure qui les attend une fois la réalité retrouvée.
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18 editions published between and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 655 libraries worldwide
Retells the tale of the lives of a squadron of Air Force pilots in occupied France during wartime.
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3 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 386 libraries worldwide
Celebrates the pleasures of food in a volume that includes an entry for every day of the year and contains a host of culinary wisdom, recipes, history, food lore, and personal reminiscences.
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11 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 379 libraries worldwide
A singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary set. For the extraordinary writer James Salter, this moment was contained in the fighter planes over Korea where, during his young manhood, he flew more than one hundred missions. James Salter is considered one of America's greatest prose stylists. The Arm of Flesh (later revised and retitled Cassada) and his first novel, The Hunters, are legendary in military circles for their descriptions of flying and aerial combat. A former Air Force pilot who fle.
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2 editions published in in English and held by 210 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 161 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2011 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
James Salter had written two novels, The Hunters and The Arm of Flesh, but it was his third, remarkable novel A Sport and a Pastime, together with his film Three and a script he had written for Downhill Racer, that in 1969 elicited a letter of admiration from a writer and critic he did not knowRobert Phelps. The correspondence that resulted went on to span two decades. The letters themselves are exceptionally alive, uninhibited, gossipy, touching, and brilliant. The successes of Salter and the struggles of Phelps are fully explored by the writers themselves in an honest exchange only letters.
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3 editions published between and 1962 in English and held by 98 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 79 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 61 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 50 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide
 
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Alternative Names
Horowitz, James
סלטר, ג׳יימס
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