James Salter, author portrait
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James Salter

James Salter authored numerous books, including the novels All That IsSolo FacesLight YearsA Sport and a PastimeThe Arm of Flesh (revised as Cassada), and The Hunters; the memoirs Gods of Tin and Burning the Days; the collections Dusk and Other Stories, which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award, and Last Night, which won the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN/Malamud Award; and Life Is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days, written with his wife, Kay Salter. He died in 2015.
All That Is
Dusk and Other Stories
Life Is Meals
Last Night
Burning the Days
Light Years

Books

All That Is
Dusk and Other Stories
Life Is Meals
Last Night
Burning the Days
Light Years

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