All That Is

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"A crowning achievement . TV Strikingly original, vigorous proof that this literary lion is still very much on the prowl . . . [Salter] uncovers radiance in even the most melancholy circumstance, applying to it the same rigor he uses to scrutinize and dismiss any easy, conventional notions of heroism or the honorable life."_
alcolm Jones, The New York Times Book Review^
"A beautiful novel, with sufficient love, heartbreak, vengeance, identity confusion, longing, and euphoria of language to have satisfied Shakespeare."'
"Fantastic . . . [Salter is] clearly at the top of his game A brilliant indictment of love, even as it revels in its sensual transports."
-Katie Roiphe, Slate
"Consistently elegant and enjoyable^^^
"Salter's version of a contemporary American War and Peace Reading and rereading, I found myself in a state that Salter's work—as with the finest writers we know—often induces. You breathe deeply and your pulse races. The sentences, the scenes, the life, the... Tovább

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"A crowning achievement . TV Strikingly original, vigorous proof that this literary lion is still very much on the prowl . . . [Salter] uncovers radiance in even the most melancholy circumstance, applying to it the same rigor he uses to scrutinize and dismiss any easy, conventional notions of heroism or the honorable life."_
alcolm Jones, The New York Times Book Review^
"A beautiful novel, with sufficient love, heartbreak, vengeance, identity confusion, longing, and euphoria of language to have satisfied Shakespeare."'
"Fantastic . . . [Salter is] clearly at the top of his game A brilliant indictment of love, even as it revels in its sensual transports."
-Katie Roiphe, Slate
"Consistently elegant and enjoyable^^^
"Salter's version of a contemporary American War and Peace Reading and rereading, I found myself in a state that Salter's work—as with the finest writers we know—often induces. You breathe deeply and your pulse races. The sentences, the scenes, the life, the life!"
lan Cheuse, National Public Radio
"Shimmering . . . Intoxicating . . . Few can match Salter's depictions of life's physical pleasures, the sheer sensual delight of being in this world A// That Is will last."
regory Leon Miller, San Francisco Chronicle
"Salter's surprising, striking grace; is there in every scene . . .
Breathtaking.-"™
"Magical A plaintive, impressionistic look at how we live in time."
"Enthralling A vividly imagined and beautifully written evocation of a postwar world ^
An extraordinary literary event, a major new novel by the PEN/Faulkner winner and acclaimed master: a sweeping, seductive, deeply moving story set in the years after World War II.
From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private affair—a scattered family of small houses here and in Europe— a time of gatherings in fabled apartments and conversations that continue long into the night. In this world of dinners, deals, and literary careers. Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthralls him—before setting him on a course he could never have imagined for himself.
Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a Ufe unfolding in a world on the brink of change. It is a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive. Vissza