James Salter

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Un poderoso conjunto de historias que retratan a mujeres y hombres en sus momentos más íntimos, por un maestro de la narrativa estadounidense Considerado uno de los grandes iconos de la literatura estadounidense gracias a novelas de la talla de Juego o distraccion, Años luz y Todo lo que hay,James Salter acabo de cimentar su prestigio como narrador con dos colecciones de relatos, Anochecer (premio PEN/Faulkner) y La ultima noche, reunidas en este volumen con el añadido de una pieza titulada "Carisma" y un prologo revelador de John Banville. Cada uno de los relatos esta marcado por la habilidad de Salter para mostrar con enorme sutileza la intimidad de unos personajes enfrentados a los reveses de la fortuna o a las revelaciones mas sorprendentes, y tambien la cotidianidad de mujeres y hombres que se enfrentan al dolor de la perdida.Reseñas:"La prosa exquisita que cosecha [Salter] contiene tres eses indisociables: su escritura es sutil, sincera y sensual".Zenda "James Salter escribe con conocimiento, precision e ingenio, y el brillo elegante y escalofriante de Mad Men".John Banville "Estosrelatos convierten a James Salter en uno de los grandes escritores del siglo pa

Los cazadores, la primera novela de Salter, es un brillante anticipo de la ambición literaria del autor.Famoso por su prosa depurada, sus palabras precisas y sus silencios expresivos, que alcanzan elevadas cotas de fulgor en novelas imperecederas como Años luz o Todo lo que hay, James Salter es sin duda uno de los grandes escritores estadounidenses. Militar de profesion, abandono pronto el ejercito para dedicarse a su carrera literaria, que inicio con Los cazadores, publicada por entregas en 1956 y revisada con escrupulosidad por el propio autor medio siglo despues de su aparicion. Una novela que alberga las vivencias de los tres años de Salter como piloto de combate en la guerra de Corea y contiene algunas de las paginas mas eminentes jamas escritas sobre la experiencia de volar.A su llegada a la base aerea de Kimpo, el capitan Cleve Connell se hace la firme promesa de acceder a la elite de los pilotos de combate que han derribado mas de cinco cazas coreanos. Sin embargo, en paralelo a la fiera contienda aerea se desarrolla un solapado conflicto en tierra entre los propios aviadores, mientras los sucesivos fracasos de Connell contrastan con los exitos de sus colegas y ponen en entredicho su destreza y valor. Hasta que un dia, suspendido en la inmensidad del cosmos sobre el rio Yalu y consciente de su insignificancia, Connell comprende por fin que solo alcanza el triunfo quien es capaz de identificar a su enemigo y vencerlo, sea cual sea su bando. Incluso si ese rival es uno mismo.Comparado con Antoine de Saint-Exupery por las escenas de combate en los cielos, James Salter trasciende con creces el genero belico gracias a los similes entre las luminosas descripciones del paisaje y la tension emocional de los protagonistas; y convierte asi esta travesia por el alma de Cleve Connell en una extraordinaria variacion del deseo de gloria enfrentado al espejo de la muerte.

Relatos magistrales. En Anochecer, el único libro que recoge los relatos de James Salter, destaca la destreza de miniaturista de este maestro contemporáneo, capaz de evocar vastas extensiones con unas pocas pinceladas certeras. Su prosa clara y directa ahonda en la fragilidad de las cosas, las trampas de la memoria y las multiples traiciones del sexo

Cando chegou á cidade, as rúas semellaban cheas de gaivotas, e as encostas e os edificios altos coma mastros dábanlle a sensación de que estaba nun barco. O cheiro abafante que ascendía do porto pesqueiro impregnaballe a pel e penetraba en cada pregadura da roupa. Lembraba o seu ultimo paseo vespertino, que coincidira dunha manifestacion de traballadores: unha riola de xente que inundara as ruas principais, cortando o trafico, colapsando a cidade. Daquela lembrou un cartel turistico que amosaba o centro da cidade asolagado, como unha especie de Venecia, subliñando as relacions da cidade co Atlantico.A idade da auga, primeiro libro de narracions do escritor escoces residente en Galicia James Robert Salter, recolle oito visions da cidade de Vigo inseridas noutros tantos relatos escritos na tradicion da literatura fantastica do Mobby Dick de Herman Melville ou do imaxinario creativo galego do escritor Alvaro Cunqueiro ou do pintor Urbano Lugris.Cando chegou á cidade, as rúas semellaban cheas de gaivotas, e as encostas e os edificios altos coma mastros dábanlle a sensación de que estaba nun barco. O cheiro abafante que ascendía do porto pesqueiro impregnaballe a pel e penetraba en cada pregadura da roupa. Lembraba o seu ultimo paseo vespertino, que coincidira dunha manifestacion de traballadores: unha riola de xente que inundara as ruas principais, cortando o trafico, colapsando a cidade. Daquela lembrou un cartel turistico que amosaba o centro da cidade asolagado, como unha especie de Venecia, subliñando as relacions da cidade co Atlantico.A idade da auga, primeiro libro de narracions do escritor escoces residente en Galicia James Robert Salter, recolle oito visions da cidade de Vigo inseridas noutros tantos relatos escritos na tradicion da literatura fantastica do Mobby Dick de Herman Melville ou do imaxinario creativo galego do escritor Alvaro Cunqueiro ou do pintor Urbano Lugris.

Negra and Viri are a married couple whose favoured life is centred around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach. But fine cracks are beginning to spread through the shimmering surface of their life - flaws that will eventually mar the lovely picture beyond repair. Seductive, witty, tender and resonant, "Light Years" is an exquisite novel of lost lives and the elusiveness of happiness.

All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. The life is that of Philip Bowman and we see his formative experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, his post-war career as a book editor in New York, his trips to the great European cities - for publishing parties in London, romantic holidays in Paris. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself. James Salter's dazzling, seductive and haunting novel offers a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

Auf den ersten Blick ist es paradiesisch: Das privilegierte Leben von Viri und Nedra kreist um Dinnerpartys und Freunde, um einen sonnendurchfluteten Garten, um endlose Ferien am Atlantik mit den Kindern. Doch langsam entblattert sich das Trugerische dieser Idylle: Viri beginnt eine Affare mit einer jungen Mitarbeiterin, Nedra trifft sich mit einem langjahrigen Freund der Familie. In poetischen Bildern fuhrt James Salter uns vor Augen, dass nichts unerbittlicher ist als die Zeit und nichts verganglicher als das Gluck.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A "New York Times" "Book Review" Notable Book An NPR "Great Reads" Book The eagerly-anticipated new novel from PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter, his first in over thirty years. From the battlefields of Okinawa to the publishing houses of New York, "All That Is" follows one man's life--and loves--as it unfolds in a world on the brink of change.

This is a major new novel from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter. This is a sweeping, seductive love story set in the years after World War II. All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. The life is that of Philip Bowman and we see his formative experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, his postwar career as a book editor in New York, his trips to the great European cities - for publishing parties in London, romantic holidays in Paris. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, finally he meets a woman who enthralls him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself. James Salter's dazzling, seductive and haunting novel offers a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

Després de 37 anys de silenci, torna James Salter amb una novel•la que el corona com un dels grans mestres de la literatura contemporània.Philip Bowman és un oficial de la marina nord-americana que c

Després de 37 anys de silenci, torna James Salter amb una novel•la que el corona com un dels grans mestres de la literatura contemporània.Philip Bowman és un oficial de la marina nord-americana que c

« Voler était une passion chez lui et, depuis le début, il n’avait jamais éprouvé la moindre peur. » D’aussi loin qu’il s’en souvienne, Robert Cassada a toujours voulu être pilote de chasse. C’est

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Philippe Garnier. C’est la guerre de Corée et le capitaine Cleve Connell n’a qu’un objectif : descendre cinq avions ennemis et devenir ainsi un « as ». Mais l

Philip Bowman a deux obsessions : la littérature et l’amour. D’éblouissements en déceptions, de réussites en échecs, il poursuit un idéal qui sans cesse se dérobe. Devenu un éditeur respecté, il v

Sentence for sentence, Salter is the master Richard FordA major new novel, his first work of fiction in seven years, from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner: a sweeping, seductive love story set in the years after World War II.From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. In a world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself.Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a life unfolding in an unforgettable world on the brink of change a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

With an introduction by John Banville. From his first published story in the Paris Review in 1968, James Salter's stories have been universally acclaimed. Including his two published collections, Dusk and Other Stories (1988) and Last Night (2005), and the previously uncollected 'Charisma', this volume contains over twenty short stories by one of the finest writers of our time. Concerning men and women in their most intimate moments, struggling with loss, desire, or the burden of memory, each indelible narrative in the Collected Stories is marked by James Salter's great literary grace, his ability to show the subtleties of a character or situation with precision, and his equally assured ability to command reversals of fortune or shocking revelations. 'It's the short stories which make him one of the greatest writers of the last century and the present one' Financial Times 'Writing that is bowstring-taut and carries considerable punch' Sunday Times 'Salter's stories are masterpieces of poise and clarity, so much so that their dazzling surface stillness often blinds you to the surprisingly bold risks' Metro

Las d'un travail abrutissant sous un soleil de plomb, Rand quitte les plaines californiennes pour Chamonix. C'est le début d'une vie de bohème, rythmée par la pratique de l'escalade,

With his stirring, rapturous first novel-originally published in 1956 -James Salter established himself as the most electrifying prose stylist since Hemingway. Four decades later, it is clear that he also fashioned the most enduring fiction ever about aerial warfare.Captain Cleve Connell arrives in Korea with a single goal: to become an ace, one of that elite fraternity of jet pilots who have downed five MIGs. But as his fellow airmen rack up kill after kill-sometimes under dubious circumstances-Cleve's luck runs bad. Other pilots question his guts. Cleve comes to question himself. And then in one icy instant 40,000 feet above the Yalu River, his luck changes forever. Filled with courage and despair, eerie beauty and corrosive rivalry, The Hunters is a landmark in the literature of war.

Rands passion is climbing - mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms, snow, or rockfall can kill, he finds his happiness, sometimes climbing with others, sometimes alone. Not intending it, he becomes suddenly famous for a daring rescue in the Alps. This novel reveals what happens when passion is spent and what becomes of heroes?