{"product_id":"dont-save-anything-james-salter-9781640091115","title":"Don't Save Anything: Uncollected Essays, Articles, and Profiles","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eDon't Save Anything\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Kay Eldredge Salter assembles her late husband's bread-and-butter journalism--yet how delicious good bread and butter can be! . . . As always, Salter emphasizes simple, vivifying details.\" --Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the greatest writers of American sentences in our literary history, James Salter's acute and glimmering portrayals of characters are built with a restrained and poetic style. The author of several memorable works of fiction--including \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award--he is also celebrated for his memoir \u003ci\u003eBurning the Days\u003c\/i\u003e and many nonfiction essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her preface, Kay Eldredge Salter writes, \"\u003ci\u003eDon't Save Anything\u003c\/i\u003e is a volume of the best of Jim's nonfiction--articles published but never collected in one place until now. Though those many boxes were overflowing with papers, in the end it's not really a matter of quantity. These pieces reveal some of the breadth and depth of Jim's endless interest in the world and the people in it . . . One of the great pleasures in writing nonfiction is the writer's feeling of exploration, of learning about things he doesn't know, of finding out by reading and observing and asking questions, and then writing it down. That's what you'll find here.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection gathers Salter's thoughts on writing and profiles of important writers, observations of the changing American military life, evocations of Aspen winters, musings on mountain climbing and skiing, and tales of travels to Europe that first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAspen Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640091114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"James Salter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979483742463,"sku":"9781640091115","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cac71310-631e-4a4f-a000-d8a5a96e9723.jpg?v=1683245743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dont-save-anything-james-salter-9781640091115","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}