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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679735694
Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed
ISBN: 0679735690
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 09, 1992
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: June 09, 1992
Studio: Vintage
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With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new life into the American short story. Carver shows us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the classics of our time.
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Anyone who knows anything, knows what Carver was (and is), what he can be, could be. This book is everything conveyed with next to nothing, it is more, so much more. If Carver were music he would be jazz.
Carver's genius lies in his powers of transportation. His ability to paint his subjects in the most transparent of washes, the faintest of brush-strokes and yet still manage to make you imagine them in their fullness and their complexity. Like the Chinese or Japanese masters ... Read More
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I know plenty of people who say things like, "My life is going to change. I feel it." They're usually trying to figure things out, working through abstract ideas about "happiness" and "satisfaction." I like these people--for the most part--and to read about them in stories that are written using the same language they use is a treat. To see the working women and men of a downtrodden 1970s America (and, truly, any time) be discussed without degradation and be looked at instead of down upon is so rare. To ... Read More
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The book was in very good condition, with no missing pages or any markings that I could see.
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When it comes to narrative or a clean, well-lit, declarative sentence, no one can match Raymond Carver. He epitomizes the American voice in modern fiction.
Carver's dialogs and scene structure brought a new 'bare bulb' lyricism to the short story. Sort of an American Gothic as envisioned by Edward Hopper filtered through Dorthea Lang with a smart twist of Ionesco.
Buy all. Read any.
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Raymond Carver may have been a master short story writer, but with this collection it's apparent that he wasn't quite there yet. Every story is well written, and there are flashes of brilliance, but for every good story here there is a corresponding dull one. Standouts include Neigbours; Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes; Put Yourself In My Shoes; They're Not Your Husband; Are You a Doctor? and the title story.
On the whole, I do really what Raymond Carver does with short stories. He can be fairly ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679735694
Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed
ISBN: 0679735690
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 09, 1992
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: June 09, 1992
Studio: Vintage