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Comet: a short story by James Salter

Posted By Rosanna Boscawen on Tuesday 21st May 2013

This masterful short story, Comet, is taken from Salter's Collected Stories.

 

Mesmerising: James Salter on writing

Posted By Kris Doyle on Tuesday 21st May 2013
'I decided to write, or perish. It was like starting life from scratch.' - James Salter
 

A Fort of Nine Towers in pictures

Posted By Rosanna Boscawen on Monday 20th May 2013
All images are copyright of Qais Akbar Omar.

Author Qais Akbar Omar has selected the pictures that best capture the places and people in his book, A Fort of Nine Towers. He takes us from the fort itself across the stunning countryside of Afghanistan, via monuments destroyed in wars and thriving markets.

 

Praise for Meeting the English

Posted By Kate Harvey on Thursday 16th May 2013

Set in Hampstead in the sweltering heat of the summer of 1989, Meeting the English follows Struan Roberts, a Scot newly arrived in London and bound for the house of Phillip Prys, a literary giant who has suffered a massive stroke and who now needs constant care. To Struan, the leafy streets of Hampstead and the excruciating heat of London are entirely foreign, as are the strange and careless people who live there. It is to be a life-changing summer . . .

 

Martha's Vineyard: the inspiration for Tigers in Red Weather

Posted By Lee Dibble on Tuesday 14th May 2013

Imagine the feel of the sun on your skin, the smell of the trees on the air. That's what Liza Klaussmann did when writing Tigers in Red Weather, and what a result...