{"product_id":"a-sport-and-a-pastime-modern-library-9780679601562","title":"A Sport and a Pastime (Modern Library)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Sport and a Pastime (Modern Library)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Salter, James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780679601562.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A Sport and a Pastime is as nearly perfect as any American fiction\nI know,\" Reynolds Price wrote of James Salters 1967 novel that tells of the mismatched love affair between Phillip Dean, a Yale dropout adrift in Europe, and Anne-Marie Costallat, a young French shopgirl. An erotic tour de force, licentious yet pure, it is also a hymn to provincial France and has been admired and quoted from since its first publication. Its stunning knowledge and insight have the power to change lives.\nIt brings a kind of splendor to the life that refuses to bow to conven-\ntion or mores, and, like Cavafys poems, evokes the illicit in a way that endows it with an astonishing beauty. Brilliantly written and overwhelming in its effect, it remains a triumph on every level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666115649589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679601562","price":225.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679601562_c5f3bcfd-9a76-4c7e-b0ce-d8db780f99cd.jpg?v=1784162535","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-sport-and-a-pastime-modern-library-9780679601562","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}