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A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

A Sport and a Pastime James Salter ebook
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: pdf
Page: 200
ISBN: 9780374530501

To the “sport” question: I'd always been first in line to criticize anyone who might describe fly fishing as a sport. Like Surrender, A Sport and a Pastime's language is luminous and poetic and exciting. A Sport and a Pastime James Salter ebook. May 9, 2013 | by Sadie Stein · red-rover-small1. A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter. In a video introduced by Paul Yoon, James Salter (who was recently interviewed by our own Sonya Chung) speaks about his time in France and his experience writing A Sport and a Pastime. For eleven years in Australia I was completely ambivalent to a fan's life of sport. Though this book's been reviewed a quadrillion times across the spectrum of print, paper, ones and zeroes, I've come to understand that it can be seen two. It sounds like music to the ears. It rolls from the tongue plump and juicy. Many years ago, when a similar Salter wave appeared, I bought a new Modern Library edition of "A Sport and a Pastime," which recounted a love affair between a young American man and a young French woman. Art credit Kiersten Essenpreis. It's safe to read again and not roll your eyes. My wife read an article recently that suggested, probably semi-tongue-in-cheek, that figure skating is not a sport because it is subjectively judged, and the participants wear costumes and perform to music. You might have to test out the things that work very best, but once you understand them, sport fishing will be a wind. I'm done complaining about the oil spill. "Opening Day": The day when baseball fever sweeps the nation as the Major League Baseball season kicks off. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.