{"product_id":"last-night","title":"Last Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Life is a volatile mess, and no one portrays that mess better than James Salter. . . . All of the stories in \u003ci\u003eLast Night\u003c\/i\u003e are superb.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn powerful stories, Salter portrays men and women in their most intimate moments. A book dealer faces the truth about his life-as it is and never will be again-when he is visited unexpectedly by his brash former girlfriend. A lonely married woman, after a disturbing encounter with a drunken poet at a dinner party, finds herself irresistibly drawn to his animal surrogate, a huge tawny-eyed dog. A lover of poetry must come to terms with his wife's request to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. And in the title story, a translator, tormented by an agonizing sense of inevitability, assists in his wife's suicide even as he performs a last betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting symphony of desire, memory, and loss-from a writer whose assured style and emotional insight make him one of literature's most compelling voices.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1400078415\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781400078417\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Salter, James\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Mar 2006)","offer_id":46291798065349,"sku":"9781400078417","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781400078417.jpg?v=1780113099","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/last-night","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}