James Salter

This exquisite, resonant novel by PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master....

Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story - part shocking reality, part feverish dream - of a love affair between a Yale dropout and a young French girl....

This collection offers two dozen essays and sketches about one of the passions of Salter’s life, travel, a subject beloved by writers across the centuries....

Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F-86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs....

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....

In this brilliant audiobook of recollection, one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some 50 years....

This is American fiction at its most vital - each narrative a masterpiece of sustained power and seemingly effortless literary grace....

From his experiences as a naval officer in Japan during World War II, Philip Bowman returns to America and becomes a book editor....

La Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. À bord d'un porte-avions au large du Japon, Philip Bowman rentre aux États-Unis...

James Salter revisits his second novel, The Arm of Flesh, making extensive changes and rewriting many portions entirely....