{"product_id":"last-night-paperback","title":"Last Night - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. These ten powerful stories portray men and women in their most intimate moments. A lover of poetry is asked by his wife to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. A book dealer is forced to face the truth about his life. And in the title story, a translator assists his wife's suicide, even as he performs a last act of betrayal. James Salter's assured style and emotional insight make him one of our most essential writers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a writer whose every book is a literary event, a superbly accomplished work of fiction. \"Last Night is a spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. \u003cbr\u003eIn ten powerful stories, Salter portrays men and women in their most intimate moments. A book dealer faces the truth about his life-as it is and never will be again-when he is visited unexpectedly by his brash former girlfriend. A lonely married woman, after a disturbing encounter with a drunken poet at a dinner party, finds herself irresistibly drawn to his animal surrogate, a huge tawny-eyed dog. A lover of poetry must come to terms with his wife's request to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. And in the title story, already hailed by Frank Conroy as \"a masterpiece, clearly and without question,\" a translator, tormented by an agonizing sense of inevitability, assists in his wife's suicide even as he performs a last betrayal. \u003cbr\u003eA haunting symphony of desire, memory, and loss-from a writer whose assured style and emotional insight make him one of our most compelling voices at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Salter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSolo Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arm of Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e (revised as \u003ci\u003eCassada\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGods of Tin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBurning the Days\u003c\/i\u003e; and the collection \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1989 PEN\/Faulkner Award. He lives in Colorado and on Long Island.Julia Blackburn is the author of several other works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eCharles Waterton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Last Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Color\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Leper's Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eOld Man Goya\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Blackburn lives in England and Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758763344160,"sku":"9781400078417","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e33f1cc87f3c9adf6fe10884ae842c23.webp?v=1780134844","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/last-night-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}