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by CA0DA 1423 days ago
What books from the 30s-60s would you recommend?
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Most of what I read is not in English, which is just my second language.

In English, one author I highly recommend reading is James Salter. He had a parsimonious and precise style that, much to my chagrin, went out of fashion when styles of writing either more exuberant or more depressed became the norm.

His "A Sport and a Pastime" is a masterpiece. And his collection of essays "Don't Save Anything" has much to teach those opportunists of limited experience and little reading who sell online writing courses and the like.