{"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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48122849525949,"sku":"BS-TC0-078417","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781400078417-HD.jpg?v=1787072458","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/last-night","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}