James Salter is the author of the novels Solo Faces, Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, The Arm of Flesh (revised as Cassada) and The Hunters; the memoirs Gods of Tin and Burning the Days; and the collection, Dusk and Other Stories which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in Colorado and on Long Island.
""Solo Faces" contrasts a devotion to mountain climbing with the
earthbound tugs of love and ordinary life . . . A beautifully
composed book that will remind readers of Camus and Saint-Exupery.
It exemplifies the purity it describes."--Michael Dirda, "The
Washington Post"
"[Salter is in] the great modern tradition of Conrad and Hemingway
and Malraux."--Samuel Hynes, "The New York Times Book Review"
"""A terrific novel--compelling, sad, wise, and kindhearted. Mr.
Salter's prose is rare and stunning . . . How energizing it is to
read a novel with a real hero in it--and a real hero he is.--John
Irving
""Solo Faces contrasts a devotion to mountain climbing with the
earthbound tugs of love and ordinary life . . . A beautifully
composed book that will remind readers of Camus and Saint-Exupery.
It exemplifies the purity it describes."--Michael Dirda, "The
Washington Post
"[Salter is in] the great modern tradition of Conrad and Hemingway
and Malraux."--Samuel Hynes, "The New York Times Book Review
""A terrific novel--compelling, sad, wise, and kindhearted. Mr.
Salter's prose is rare and stunning . . . How energizing it is to
read a novel with a real hero in it--and a real hero he is.--John
Irving
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