Download Description This is the story of Nedra and Viri， whose charmed life is centered around dinners， ingenious games with their children， enviable friends， and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach. But even as he lingers over the surface of their marriage， James Salter lets us see the fine cracks that are spreading through it. This exquisite， resonant novel is a portrait of an entire generation that discovered the limits of its own happiness--and then felt compelled to destroy it. Inside Flap Copy This exquisite， resonant novel is a brilliant portrait of marriage by a contemporary American master. Even as he lingers over the lustrous surface of Viri and Nedra's marriage， James Salter makes us see the cracks that are spreading through it， flaws that will in time mar it beyond repair. "An unexpectedly moving ode to beautiful lives frayed by time."