Dusk, and Other Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James Hororwitz
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: The 1980's
- Setting: Tangiers, Illinois, New York, West Point, and Italy
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, 1980’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Adultery, Accidents, Drinking or drunkenness, Success or failure, Loneliness, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Horses
- Locales: New York, Italy, Illinois, Tangier, Morocco, West Point, CT
James Salter has written novels that explore the dark interior of modern consciousness. Broken hopes, dashed dreams, the very taste of failure are all at the center of his art. Nevertheless, he is not a singer of dirges. The lucidity of his style, the avoidance of even a whisper of sentimentality, the sureness of his voice all lend a brilliant surface to his work. The confidence of his writing exudes a joy of its own, and this joy seems to provide sustenance to his mournful subjects. His defeated people take on the illumination of art. Even when they themselves come only to partial...
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