All That Is (CD-Audio)

from sross008

Reverse the title, and there you have it, for me. This was my first forage into James Salter, so I wasn't prepared to appreciate and credit the subtleties of his language, although certainly many passages were uniquely (overly) "writerly." The relationships were calculatedly shallow, and I though...

from sharlene_w

What seemed in the beginning a book with lots of possibility soo became rather a aging man prattling on about his various sequel escapades. Only finished as I was listening while on a cross country bike trip in the seat for hours on end and unplugging was only slightly more difficult than continu...

from thewanderingjew

There are some books that you take to immediately, some books that grow on you and some books that simply never go anywhere for you. This was one of them for me. It was well written, and for that reason, I commend it, but for many other reasons, I found it lacking. It was page after page of escap...

from Polaris-

I thought that this is a small masterpiece. Reading/listening to this book while commuting to work for the last week or so, so completely consumed me that I didn't want it to end. The language Salter uses is so exquisite, without being flowery; so memorable, without being a distraction. With an e...

from TimBazzett

In James Salter's new novel, ALL THAT IS, protagonist Philip Bowman is asked what things in his life haver "really mattered." Bowman replies: "Well, if I really examine it, the things that have most influenced my life, I would have to say the navy and the war." Salter himself, asked the same ques...