{"product_id":"collected-stories-1","title":"James Salter: Collected Stories [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Salter is one of the finest writers of our time. From his first published story in the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e in 1968, Salter's work in the form has been universally acclaimed: five have appeared in O. Henry collections, \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1989 PEN\/Faulkner Award, and more recently he was the recipient of PEN USA's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2010 REA Prize for the short story, and the 2012 PEN\/Malamud Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each indelible narrative in the \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is marked by 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. The stories concern men and women in their most intimate moments, struggling with loss, desire, or the burden of memory. A fallen rider lies in a field, alone but for the knowledge that these may be her last twenty minutes. A man assisting in his wife's suicide is devastated by the aftermath. Two New York attorneys on a trip to Italy discover that their recent wealth affords them the possibility of a higher life, the reality of which is somewhat sordid. A young woman is unable to share a life-changing piece of news with her closest friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Including his two published collections, \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) and \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and the previously uncollected 'Charisma', this volume confirms indisputably that 'James Salter is a master of the great American short story'(\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salter, James","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44499530318114,"sku":"9781447239383","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/salter-james-james-salter-collected-stories-2013-hardback-9781447239383-60250689208659.jpg?v=1733037790","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/collected-stories-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}