memorable days

Memorable Days by James Salter and Robert Phelps (Counterpoint, 2010)

Letters from the correspondence of these two writers from 1970 – 1980.  Loving and lovely letters, and a nice glimpse into the working lives of Salter and Phelps.  But something sad at the heart of it all: the disappointed literary expectations, the inevitable distance — geographical, emotional, physical — between the two men.  Salter’s life apparently as wondrous and luxurious as it seems.