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All That is

All That is

by JamesSalter (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $6.83
Synopsis

A major new novel, his first work of fiction in seven years, from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner: a sweeping, seductive love story set in the years after World War II.

From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. In a world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself.

Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a life unfolding in an unforgettable world on the brink of change - a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Open market ed
 Publisher: Picador
Published: 28 Mar 2013
ISBN 10: 1447238265
ISBN 13: 9781447238263

Media Reviews
Achingly real . . . the PEN/Faulkner Award-winner's first full-length novel in more than three decades spans forty years and follows the life, career, and loves of book editor Philip Bowman. After serving in the Pacific during WWII, Bowman stumbles into publishing at a time when small houses reigned. During extravagant literary parties and travels through Europe, he shares his thoughts on authors both real and imagined. And yet his career is merely a vehicle for his loves and losses, connections made and missed. The women in his life are always inexplicable to him. But Salter renders the first blushes of Bowman's loves exquisitely--their giddiness, occasional illicitness, eroticism--and his bewilderment after the relationships fail. . . . Salter punctuates his elegant prose with sharp, erotic punches. -- Publishers Weekly The best novel I've read in years. All That Is will be treasured by its readers. Salter's vivid, lucid prose does exquisite justice to his subject--the relentless struggle to make good on our own humanity. Once again he has delivered to us a novel of the highest artistry. --Tim O'Brien A consistently elegant and enjoyable novel, full of verve and wisdom. --Julian Barnes Enthralling . . . A vividly imagined and beautifully written evocation of a postwar world. --John Banville A beautiful novel, with sufficient love, heartbreak, vengeance, identity confusion, longing, and euphoria of language to have satisfied Shakespeare. --John Irving This masterpiece is a smooth, absorbing narrative studded with bright particulars. If God is in the details, this book is divine. --Edmund White
Author Bio
James Salter is the author of the novels Solo Faces, Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, The Arm of Flesh (revised as Cassada), and The Hunters; the memoirs Gods of Tin and Burning the Days; and two collections of short stories, Dusk and Other Stories (which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award), and Last Night. He lives in Colorado and on Long Island.