Modern Library Classics: Dusk and Other Stories (Paperback)

from proustitute

I should preface this by saying that I'm not typically a big fan of contemporary short stories: I'm certainly not one to go in for many of the often formulaic and derivative New Yorker style pieces that seem to abound in just about every magazine and collection-often the very ones that get praise...

from browner56

Dusk is the time of day when light turns to dark, making it the point when a person's perspective begins to shift. This becomes an apt metaphor for the 11 stories contained in Dusk by James Salter, a writer better known for his long-form fiction. While each of the brief tales in this volume is se...

from proustitute

I should preface this by saying that I'm not typically a big fan of contemporary short stories: I'm certainly not one to go in for many of the often formulaic and derivative New Yorker style pieces that seem to abound in just about every magazine and collection—often the very ones that get praise...

from proustitute

I should preface this by saying that I'm not typically a big fan of contemporary short stories: I'm certainly not one to go in for many of the often formulaic and derivative New Yorker style pieces that seem to abound in just about every magazine and collection-often the very ones that get praise...

from thatotter

I found the writing oblique and often non-descriptive. None of these stories really engaged my interest.