James Salter

Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F-86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs....

This exquisite, resonant novel by PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master....

From his experiences as a naval officer in Japan during World War II, Philip Bowman returns to America and becomes a book editor....

Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story - part shocking reality, part feverish dream - of a love affair between a Yale dropout and a young French girl....

This collection offers two dozen essays and sketches about one of the passions of Salter’s life, travel, a subject beloved by writers across the centuries....

La Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. À bord d'un porte-avions au large du Japon, Philip Bowman rentre aux États-Unis...

In this brilliant audiobook of recollection, one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some 50 years....

This is American fiction at its most vital - each narrative a masterpiece of sustained power and seemingly effortless literary grace....

A singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary set....

James Salter revisits his second novel, The Arm of Flesh, making extensive changes and rewriting many portions entirely....