A Sport and a Pastime - Rilegato

Salter, James

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ISBN 10: 0679601562 ISBN 13: 9780679601562

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 1995

Riassunto

Traces the growth and demise of a love affair between a young Yale dropout and the provincial French girl who becomes his mistress

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t and a Pastime is as nearly perfect as any American fiction
I know," Reynolds Price wrote of James Salter's 1967 novel that tells of the mismatched love affair between Phillip Dean, a Yale dropout adrift in Europe, and Anne-Marie Costallat, a young French shopgirl. An erotic tour de force, licentious yet pure, it is also a hymn to provincial France and has been admired and quoted from since its first publication. Its stunning knowledge and insight have the power to change lives.
        It brings a kind of splendor to the life that refuses to bow to conven-
tion or mores, and, like Cavafy's poems, evokes the illicit in a way that endows it with an astonishing beauty. Brilliantly written and overwhelming in its effect, it remains a triumph on every level.

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Book by Salter James

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679601562
• ISBN 13: 9780679601562
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 180