false <![CDATA[Cathedral]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166476735m/11449.jpg 11449 20 It was morning in America when Raymond Carver's <i>Cathedral</i> came out in 1983, but the characters in this dry collection of short stories from the forgotten corners of land of opportunity didn't receive much sunlight. Nothing much happens to the subjects of Carver's fiction, which is precisely why they are so harrowing: nothingness is a daunting presence to overcome. And rarely do they prevail, but the loneliness and quiet struggle the characters endure provide fertile ground for literary triumph, particularly in the hands of Carver, who was perhaps in his best form with this effort. 346642 1983 Cathedral total:3044|5:1622|4:1022|3:326|2:61|1:14| 3044 13309 3774 217 5 5 false false Wed Nov 28 20:03:47 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:03:47 -0800 2007 5 2 false false Thu Feb 28 15:59:34 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:09:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Fri Sep 28 10:22:21 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 10:32:17 -0700 2007
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Now and then he looked through magazines she brought home from the grocery store; and every so often she came in to find him looking at this big...
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Both have reduced me to a puddle of wanna-be-a-writer whimpering and simpering.

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The real experience here was the story "A Small, Good Thing". This seems to be one of the exa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 15 15:34:33 -0800 2008 Wed May 07 20:47:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:46:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 18:38:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 14 16:12:01 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 16 14:48:40 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:12:01 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:43:18 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:14:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:06:02 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:48:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:22:52 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:24:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 10:03:01 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 10:18:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 02:29:24 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 17:22:57 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 09 19:41:28 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 02:05:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue May 13 06:54:15 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 08 13:57:36 -0800 2009
Cathedral is one of carver's collection of short stories. Others like What We Talk About When We Talk About Love or Will You Please Be Quiet, Please a...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11449