There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619022850 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Susan Sontag once remarked, Salter is among the very few North American writers all of whose work I want to read, whose as yet unpublished books I wait for impatiently.”. 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. Over twenty years of skiing, hiking, climbing from Colorado to Japan to the Tyrol, from Austria and Switzerland to Germany and France, Salter is an engaging companion sharing his great enthusiasm and adventures. James Salter’s novels and volumes of memoir have been widely celebrated and he is now recognized as one of America’s most important writers
He is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He divides his time between New York and Colorado.. James Salter is the author of six other books, including Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, and Dusk and Other Stories, for which he was given the Pen/Faulkner Award
LTCol John K. Swensson said The Hidden Salter (The great). At first you say, a travel book by Salter, the dean of American writers today? Must be like his food book LIFE IS MEALS which he wrote with his wife, Kay. But this book is much closer to his great personal narrative, BURNING THE DAYS. It is Jim Salter reminiscing about his life, which was full of travels anyhow from Paris to the backlots of Hollywood. And his friends and outrageous adventures, sexual and otherwise, populate THERE AND THEN in a magical way. This is more of the unvarnished Salter or Salter as he wishes to be seen--the one we have come to know through the body of his life's work, but without t. Barbara W. Apoian said More than a travel book. As an ardent admirer of James Salter I ordered this book as I was not aware that he had written any travel pieces. Not unexpectedly the book turns out to include some wonderful personal recollections of not only places - Paris, South of England, the Austrian Tyrol, ,amongst others but also his experiences in these special places. His description of learning to ski and then descents in some of the most challenging runs in St.Anton and Kitzbuhel, Austria, capture the sensation of freedom, fear and shear joy, as do the accounts of learning to climb in some of the most difficult areas of the Rockies. I have enj. James Salter is a brilliant novelist and prose writer James Landi James Salter is a brilliant novelist and prose writer. He is America's most talented living author. I highly recommend him to you.
Several of the essays chronicle his infatuation with skiing the Alps. In "Roads Seldom Travelled," Salter and his son tour Japan, transformed from the war years; while "Mishima's Choice" recounts his literary attraction to the Tokyo hotel the Hilltop, "where all desires are gratified but freedom is complete." While somewhat dated and worn, these essays showcase Salter's writerly touch. . All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly Short essays by novelist, short story author and prose stylist Salter (Last Night) explore his lifelong romance with Europe and Japan. These elegiac pieces recall his earliest travels as a soldier in WWII, when "the doors to the world were now open." Often his trips were colored by the