Raymond Carver
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
The final story collection from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) features classic stories from Cathedral, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and earlier volumes. • “Among the masterpieces of American fiction." —The New York Times Book Review
By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the...
By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the...
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Description
This is Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. The twelve stories in Cathedral mark a turning point in Carver's work and "overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life. . . .
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Nick is a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or, rather, on the lawn, as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard.
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"...sharply funny..."--New York Post.
"...delivers a rich, layered and subtle performance. And a funny one."--Orlando Sentinel.
7) Jindabyne
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A group of men discover the body of an Aborigine girl in an Australian fishing hole. Instead of reporting the murder right away, they wait until they've filled their coolers with fish. Their inaction sets off a scandal that threatens to tear apart their families.