{"product_id":"last-night-9781400078417","title":"Last Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Life is a volatile mess, and no one portrays that mess better than James Salter. . . . All of the stories in \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e are superb.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn powerful stories, Salter portrays men and women in their most intimate moments. A book dealer faces the truth about his life-as it is and never will be again-when he is visited unexpectedly by his brash former girlfriend. A lonely married woman, after a disturbing encounter with a drunken poet at a dinner party, finds herself irresistibly drawn to his animal surrogate, a huge tawny-eyed dog. A lover of poetry must come to terms with his wife's request to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. And in the title story, a translator, tormented by an agonizing sense of inevitability, assists in his wife's suicide even as he performs a last betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting symphony of desire, memory, and loss-from a writer whose assured style and emotional insight make him one of literature's most compelling voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400078417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2006 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Salter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSolo Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arm of Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e (revised as \u003ci\u003eCassada\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGods of Tin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBurning the Days\u003c\/i\u003e; and the collection \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1989 PEN\/Faulkner Award. He lives in Colorado and on Long Island.Julia Blackburn is the author of several other works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eCharles Waterton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Last Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Color\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Leper's Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eOld Man Goya\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Blackburn lives in England and Italy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"James Salter \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809101955229,"sku":"9781400078417","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dd3d31f8-750a-4817-bb0e-b675312e1228.jpg?v=1775556363","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/last-night-9781400078417","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}