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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
Last Night
Burning the Days
Light Years

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

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