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Dusk and Other Stories
by James Salter ; James Stalter
ISBN: 0865473897
ISBN-13: 9780865473898
Format: Paperback
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Summary
These 11 stories-some new, some old-cover a wide range of character, setting, and subject, moving from Barcelona to Colorado to West Point, and looking at life on the fringes through the eyes of two wealthy young lawyers, an Upper East Side mother and her au pair, men doing manual labor, and a group of film people in Italy. Salter's collection won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988.
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"This is fine writing, these are first-rate stories, and James Salter is an author worth more attention than he has received so far." -- A. R. Gurney
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1989
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Now available in paperback, the long-awaited first collection of short stories by the author of A Sport and a Pastime.
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Dusk and Other Stories
James Salter
North Point Press, 1989-04. Paperback. Good. Light edge and corner wear. Light creases to cover. Writing on table of contents. All other text is still clean. Binding is still tight. ( more information)
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Stalter, James
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: North Point Pr, 1989. first edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, previous owners name on first page, some soiling and tanning to page edges, wraps have some rubbing and edges have curling/creasing . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Dusk and Other Stories
Salter, James
North Point Press. PAPERBACK. 0865473897 UNUSED. Clean, tight and unmarked. No wear. SHIPS QUICKLY WITH TRACKING NUMBER. . Fine. ( more information)
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Dusk And Other Stories
Salter, James
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. Advance copy designated as 1st Page Proofs/Master. Xeroxed sheets in a flexible ring binder. There are corrections etc. in an unknown hand in various places throughout the text. Scarce advance publishers proof.. ISBN: 0865473897. Soft cover. ( more information)
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Dusk and Other Stories
Salter, James;
North Point Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Author F. 2nd printing. Signed by author. Very Nice paperback. No spine crease. Only slight bumping and rubbing. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. No ownership sig. ( more information)
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