Cathedral
It was morning in America when Raymond Carver's Cathedral 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...
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It was morning in America when Raymond Carver's Cathedral 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 rare
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage (June 18, 1989)
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
wonderful characterisations but content? zzzzzzzz
Extraordinary writing, so simple and wonderfully crafted. If nothing else, read this just to enjoy great writing.
As it usually happens, I subjectively liked some stories more than others. It has nothing to do with Mr. Carver's obvious talent and keen eye for the little details life is made of. It might be just me, but I felt that in almost all stories there's a strange feeling of loneliness and alienation, as ...
OK, so the craft and the talent behind these stories is undoubted, but there was very little about them to love.They were mostly about endings, and people keeping on anyway. Sometimes they had a shred of hope like in the title story or "Where I'm Calling From", but mostly it was about keeping your h...
On the whole I liked this collection better than "What we talk about...". I see myself reading both collections again I just felt there was more humanity in this collection.The real experience here was the story "A Small, Good Thing". This seems to be one of the examples of story restored to pre-L...
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