All That Is

Product Description [MP3CD Audiobook format in Vinyl case] [Read by Joe Barrett] An extraordinary literary event, a major new novel by the PEN/Faulkner winner and acclaimed master, here is a sweeping, seductive, deeply moving story set in the years after World War II. After his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private affair – a scattered family of small houses here and in Europe – a time of gatherings in fabled apartments and conversations that continue long into the night. In this world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, love eludes him. His first marriage goes bad, another fails to happen, and finally he meets a woman who enthralls him and sets him on a course he could never have imagined for himself. Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. It is a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive. Review ''The best novel I've read in years. All That Is will be treasured by its readers. Salter's vivid, lucid prose does exquisite justice to his subject - the relentless struggle to make good on our own humanity. Once again he has delivered to us a novel of the highest artistry.'' --Tim O'Brien, National Book Award-winning author of The Things They Carried ''A beautiful novel, with sufficient love, heartbreak, vengeance, identity confusion, longing, and euphoria of language to have satisfied Shakespeare.'' --John Irving, New York Times bestselling author ''Enthralling . . . A vividly imagined and beautifully written evocation of a postwar world.'' --John Banville, Man Booker Prize-winning author ''This masterpiece is a smooth, absorbing narrative studded with bright particulars. If God is in the details, this book is divine.'' --Edmund White, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author ''A consistently elegant and enjoyable novel, full of verve and wisdom.'' --Julian Barnes, New York Times bestselling author ''[Salter] is a master of the sentence so vivid [that] it stuns. His sweeping new All That Is will refresh the canon of one of America s best living writers.'' --Vogue online ''Salter is one of the most celebrated living American writers, and after a seven-year hiatus he returns with possibly his best work yet.'' --Marie Claire''Highly decorated literary hero James Salter burnishes his reputation with All That Is.'' --Vanity Fair ''A masterpiece . . . a commanding, sensual tour de force . . . I have learned from everything James Salter has written. In [him] I discovered not only an exquisite writer but a manner of living.'' --Departures ''Achingly real . . . the PEN/Faulkner Award-winner's first full-length novel in more than three decades spans forty years and follows the life, career, and loves of book editor Philip Bowman . . . Salter renders the first blushes of Bowman's loves exquisitely - their giddiness, occasional illicitness, eroticism - and his bewilderment after the relationships fail . . . Salter punctuates his elegant prose with sharp, erotic punches.'' --Publishers Weekly''All That Is [is] the book of 2013 - the book of the year, and I read it twice. It's really brilliant, and very exciting.'' --Maria Semple, Entertainment Weekly ''Salter plunges into the capricious world of book publishing, as WWII vet turned editor Philip Bowman navigates literary parties, author egos, and numerous affairs. Think Mad Men with more tweed . . . The sentence-to-sentence craftsmanship is stunning, and Salter can still write a perfect love scene.'' --Stephan Lee, Entertainment Weekly ''In [Salter's] care, the dust of the mundane is wiped away. Events resonate. Descriptions sparkle. Salter s mastery is such that from the affecting and effective earl