{"product_id":"last-night-james-salter-paperback","title":"Last Night -- James Salter, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Life is a volatile mess, and no one portrays that mess better than James Salter. . . . All of the stories in \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e are superb.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e In 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, a translator, tormented by an agonizing sense of inevitability, assists in his wife's suicide even as he performs a last betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting symphony of desire, memory, and loss-from a writer whose assured style and emotional insight make him one of literature's most compelling voices.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e James Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.28\" L x 0.38\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781400078417\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66567970357552,"sku":"9781400078417","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781400078417.jpg?v=1776701946","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/last-night-james-salter-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}