by James Salter · GALLIMARD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757811009
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«Un bonheur parfait» is the novel by American writer James Salter, published by Gallimard in paperback and in French.
Salter portrays Viri and Nedra, an envied couple who seem to lead an idyllic life with their two daughters, and asks whether their happiness is real or merely an appearance. The novel explores love, marriage, infidelity, and the ephemeral nature of happiness.
Original title: «Light Years» (1975). French translation by Anne Rabinovitch and Lisa Rosenbaum; French edition 2008.
For readers of literary fiction and book clubs seeking novels focused on couple life.
James Arnold Horowitz, better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters.
