{"product_id":"light-years-paperback-1","title":"Light Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite, resonant novel by PEN\/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master. It is the story of Nedra and Viri, whose favored life is centered around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends, and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach. But even as he lingers over the surface of their marriage, Salter lets us see the fine cracks that are spreading through it, flaws that will eventually mar the lovely picture beyond repair. Seductive, witty, and elegantly nuanced, \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic novel of an entire generation that discovered the limits of its own happiness--and then felt compelled to destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite, resonant novel is a brilliant portrait of marriage by a contemporary American master. Even as he lingers over the lustrous surface of Viri and Nedra's marriage, James Salter makes us see the cracks that are spreading through it, flaws that will in time mar it beyond repair. \"An unexpectedly moving ode to beautiful lives frayed by time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e authored numerous books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eAll That Is\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSolo Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sport and a Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arm of Flesh \u003c\/i\u003e(revised as \u003ci\u003eCassada\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGods of Tin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBurning the Days\u003c\/i\u003e; the collections \u003ci\u003eDusk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1989 PEN\/Faulkner Award, and \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN\/Malamud Award; and \u003ci\u003eLife Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days\u003c\/i\u003e, written with his wife, Kay Salter. He died in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175780257927,"sku":"9780679740735","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ce0c079cbb5bcf7c3edad1826b925fa7.webp?v=1733384156","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/light-years-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}