false 11453 4 These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is one of his longest, 'Errand', in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. This fine story suggests that the greatest of modern short-story writers may, in the year before his untimely death, have been flexing his muscles for a longer work. 6373242 1988 Elephant and Other Stories total:83|5:33|4:27|3:16|2:7|1:0| 83 335 115 8 5 0 false false Sun Sep 30 14:21:34 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 09 15:39:47 -0700 2009
2. “Whoever was using this bed”. A couple are woken at three in the morning by a wrong number which keeps ringing back. They give up sleep and have a long conversation which gravitates towards their health and fea...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 15 01:39:26 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 11:53:36 -0700 2007
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