Short Cuts
This book contains the nine stories and one poem on which Robert Altman has based his film Short Cuts.
This book contains the nine stories and one poem on which Robert Altman has based his film Short Cuts.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781860460401 (1860460402)
Publish date: April 6th 1995
Publisher: Harvill Press
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
I grabbed this collection because my library didn't have "What we talk about..." available. I didn't know about the film, either, and I didn't remember Carver being so unrelentingly brutal as these collected stories are. I'd like to reread some of the original collections soon because I am curious a...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it weren't for Raymond Carver, I wouldn't be writing the stories that I do today (excluding the horror stuff). Carver was the one who showed me you didn't need overly complicated plots. That you could in fact write about everyday things with everyday peo...