{"product_id":"a-sport-and-a-pastime-paperback","title":"A Sport and a Pastime - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eReynolds Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs nearly perfect as any American fiction I know, is how Reynolds Price (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, James Salter's \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a young French girl. There is the seen and the unseen--and pages that burn with a rare intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e was the celebrated author of six novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e, 1957; \u003ci\u003eThe Arm of Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, 1961; \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e, 1967; \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e, 1975; \u003ci\u003eSolo Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, 1979; and \u003ci\u003eAll That Is\u003c\/i\u003e, 2013) and three books of stories (\u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 1988; \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e, 2005; and \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 2013), as well a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBurning the Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). He also had a successful Hollywood career, most notably as the screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eDownhill Racer\u003c\/i\u003e (1969). Born in New Jersey in 1926 and raised in New York City, he attended West Point during World War II and served as an officer and a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force from 1945 to 1957. He drew on his combat experiences in Korea for his first two novels, though it was not until the controversial but now-classic \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e that he considered that he had come close to measuring up to his own standards. He was a recipient of the 1989 PEN\/Faulkner Award and the 2012 PEN\/Malamud Award. He died in Sag Harbor, New York, in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.28 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755620958496,"sku":"9780374530501","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7660c24f030f90f3c05298c426957b3.webp?v=1780063828","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-sport-and-a-pastime-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}