by JamesSalter (Author)
With an introduction by Sarah Hall
The 1960s. Philip Dean, a footloose Yale dropout, is touring provincial France and sometimes Paris in a borrowed, once elegant car. He begins a mismatched affair with a young shop girl named Anne-Marie. Together they burn in an everyday but stunningly sensual paradise.
A Sport and A Pastime is a seductive classic that established James Salter's reputation as one of the finest writers of our time. It is remarkable for its eroticism, its luminous prose and its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt and what is lived, between body and soul.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Picador
Published: 23 Feb 2017
ISBN 10: 150982331X
ISBN 13: 9781509823314
Book Overview: The seductive classic that established Salter's reputation as one of the finest prose stylists of our time