{"product_id":"a-sport-and-a-pastime-james-salter-9780374530501","title":"A Sport and a Pastime","description":"\"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know,\" is how Reynolds Price (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, James Salter's \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a young French girl. There is the seen and the unseen--and pages that burn with a rare intensity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374530505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.54w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2007 pg. 81","brand":"James Salter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050655871231,"sku":"9780374530501","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc67d8cd-b9eb-4bd5-ac26-0012ab6e2048.jpg?v=1685008482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sport-and-a-pastime-james-salter-9780374530501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}