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OGNI COSA È ILLUMINATA C’è una qualità nei racconti come questi, che di solito sono scritti da americani. Non so se davvero sia quella di riuscire riprodurre sulla pagina le sensazioni che trasmette Edward Hopper con i suoi quadri : ma so che sanno trasmettere la solitudine, quella che non nasce dall’ Leggi tutto

Though the stories in this 2005 collection all make use of contemporary gadgetry— scénariste of lust and betrayal, Salter can hardly forgo the incriminating email, the voicemails of avoidance—they are really set in Midcentury Manhattan Storyland. People mostly drink dry martinis and scotch on the roc Leggi tutto

I think the best part about this book is tone of it. From the first story, I knew what I was in for. Slightly dimmed light, wistful, quieter than normal voices and things half seen. Salter does a very solid job constructing this as a harmonious whole, where the carpets and curtains and couches are b Leggi tutto

"O ritmo é impetuoso, mas, de vez em quando, há um pormenor que salta e a atenção do leitor fica presa nele, como uma unha presa na seda." John Banville ...ou como uma garra no coração... Em quase todos os contos (conduzidos pelo amor e pela morte) fui surpreendida por esse pormenor referido por Banvil Leggi tutto

First James Salter. I might not recommend this book to a friend, because I'd worry that the friend would read it and then say, "Jess, this is just a bunch of boring stories about rich people sleeping with each other, who cares," and then I would like my friend a little less which isn't fair because

Last Night was my first experience of James Salter's writing. He has written numerous short story collections, and the name and blurb of this particular collection really appealed to me, so I decided to start there. I'm not sure if this is meant to be one of his better books, if we're looking at his Leggi tutto

Los relatos de Salter me han encantado, pero quizá no sean lo más oportuno para leer en Navidad, porque son de lo más tristes y todos, sin excepción, te dejan un desasosiego un tanto incompatible con la euforía y el bienestar de estas fechas... Coñas aparte, el libro es la hostia y creo que Salter, c Leggi tutto

James Salter’s collection of short stories, Last Night, is written in understated style that agrees with the characters therein—they are secondary figures, many of them secondary in their own lives, successful quite some time ago, married for the first few times quite some time ago, only daring to Leggi tutto

Comet: An uncomfortable cocktail conversation at the Morrisseys (but not the Morrisseys) lifts the lid momentarily on the the seething cauldron of bitterness that is Adele and Philip's marriage. Luckily, Ol' Phil can excuse himself and go look at a celestial event, the titular comet. Ol' Adele comes Leggi tutto

James Salter is widely considered as a "writer's writer", but after reading the first half of this so-called collection of "stories", I am quite sure that Salter considers himself more as a writer's writer's writer, or worse... Don't be fooled, if you miss the point of this collection, it is not your Leggi tutto