Evening in Basel

James Salter

2005

You won’t find the restaurant in the guidebooks, which is a pity. The owner—he was tall and wearing a sport jacket—greeted us at the door. Our table was waiting in the corner.

“And the food is quite good,” she said as we sat.

The thing that finally makes a woman irresistible, of course, is what she says and what she does not. You may doubt this…

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James Salter

1925–2016

James Salter grew up in New York and graduated from West Point. His military career in Korea had a major influence on his writing of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Salter was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2000 and was the recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Edith Wharton Prize, and the John Steinbeck Prize. He also earned the title of New York State Author between 1998 and 2000.

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