Still Such

by James Salter, Duane Michals (Illustrator)

Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

James Salter (1925 - 2015) was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel (The Hunters, 1957) led to a fulltime writing career. Salter’s potent, lyrical prose earned him acclaim from critics, readers, and fellow novelists. His novel A Sport and a Pastime (1967) was hailed by the New York Times as “nearly perfect as any American fiction.”

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a perfect thin little thing, like Salter decided to write a monograph about New York City, a list of its denizens and attributes. The photographer/illustrators Duane Michals and William Drenttel lay out Salter's text in bold colorful type and end the book with a single somewhat Lynchian image of the city. According to the back there are only 226 copies in existence of the first printing (who knows if there was ever a second) - check with your library!

[Mara Kurtz]

Love STILL SUCH, love Salter, love this wonderful little book.
An important correction of a review on this site.
The book was not designed by Bill Drenttel.
The designer was the brilliant Stephen Doyle, Drenttel's partner.
Duane Michals was the photographer for the final spread.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful prose poem by one of our most elegant and thoughtful American writers of the last century. A beautiful object as well....