false <![CDATA[Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166476705m/11437.jpg 11437 15 The last story collection published during Carver's life (he died in 1988) contains most of his greatest hits from his earlier books, as well as seven stories that hadn't been collected up to that point. The breadth of the collection makes these 37 stories an extremely complete map of Carver territory, of a particular area of America and of the specific texture of the people Carver writes about -- their difficult attempts at survival in a world where happiness does not arrive wrapped up in neat packages but comes in far more peculiar parcels, if it comes at all. 790838 book 1983 Where I'm Calling From: The Selected Stories total:3606|5:51|4:30|3:11|2:2|1:0| 3606 15990 4528 290 5 8 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:44:58 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 16:15:41 -0800 2009
In keeping with my “study” of the short story, I figured it was about time I picked up Raymond Carver. (Call me a late-bloomer.) The only story I had previously read by him was Cathedral, which is excellent. This is basically a story about a skeptical, somewhat superficial man...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:29:21 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:29:21 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 03:31:38 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 13:25:20 -0700 2008
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That's Raymond Carver. Sparse, deceptively simple, and capable of tearing ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 04 11:58:36 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 18:05:39 -0700 2007
I picked this up because a blurb on Big Bad Love compared Mississippi author Larry Brown to Raymond Carver. Something about "unflinching fidelity."
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He's seamless. I remember finishing stories and wondering just how he made me feel what I felt. ]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 18 23:08:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 09:33:27 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11437