"Collected Short Stories" by James Salter

This was the first work I've read by James Salter. I am eager to read more. This piece was a collection of short stories and I had trouble putting the book down between them. The way Salter can describe a person so simply but so completely like "she had a down turned mouth and nice breasts" is a marvel to me. It cuts to the core of what we recognize about people and how we can best identify them. I enjoyed all the stories, in particular those which showed the true nature and internal fantasies we all play out in our heads. Salter truly captures the waves of life with the ebb and flow of our internal desires and impulses in a way I've never seen. Next I will be reading one of his full novels.