false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172429051m/174626.jpg 174626 6 This short-story collection won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award for James Salter, author of Solo Faces and A Sport and A Pastime. Here, Salter's themes are memory and loss, the demands of honor and the inherent betrayals of sexual relations. Salter works like a miniaturist, evoking vast landscapes in a few lines: "Nothing is safe except for an hour," he writes in one beautiful story, opening up a whole world-view. Often, at the end of a story that runs only a few pages, the perspective suddenly broadens, the prose elevates to an abstract lyricism, and the reader is transported. 168685 4 1988 Dusk and Other Stories total:128|5:52|4:50|3:24|2:1|1:1| 128 535 178 10 4 2 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 11 04:47:38 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 05:08:03 -0800 2009 Dusk and Other Stories did win the PEN/Faulkner award when it was first released in 1989. And this collection did become a textbook for dedicated short story writers -- may...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 14:16:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:17:06 -0700 2009 Burning the Days to be much more engaging. ]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 27 21:33:33 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 21:36:59 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Oct 19 06:48:38 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 13:43:17 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:49:34 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 11 11:15:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 23:11:26 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 17:01:25 -0800 2007 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 09:05:30 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 09:09:27 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 00:57:43 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 11 10:27:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 27 18:58:58 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 18:58:58 -0700 2008 The Hunters.]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 31 11:52:31 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:15:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 17:46:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:46:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 20:34:44 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 20:34:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 16 19:27:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 19:53:09 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 19:27:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 19:02:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:02:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 22:23:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 22:23:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 08:13:25 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:13:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 16:45:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:45:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:54:20 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:50:48 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:54:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 10:20:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:20:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 21:23:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 21:23:49 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=174626