Ebook: Memorable Days: the Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps

Books by James Salter; Books by Robert Phelps; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 19691970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 19761977; 19781980; Index.;James Salter had written two novels, The Hunters and The Arm of Flesh, but it was his third, remarkable novel A Sport and a Pastime, together with his film Three and a script he had written for Downhill Racer, that in 1969 elicited a letter of admiration from a writer and critic he did not knowRobert Phelps. The correspondence that resulted went on to span two decades. The letters themselves are exceptionally alive, uninhibited, gossipy, touching, and brilliant. The successes of Salter and the struggles of Phelps are fully explored by the writers themselves in an honest exchange only letters.