Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
In his first book of fiction in over four years, Carver has included all of his new work as well as his best stories from four earlier collections.
In his first book of fiction in over four years, Carver has included all of his new work as well as his best stories from four earlier collections.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780871132161 (0871132168)
Publish date: April 1st 1988
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
Even though this collection is missing one of my favorite stories of Raymond Carver ("Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?"), I still consider this the definitive Raymond Carver collection. Some of his greatest stories are included here. It was almost like discovering Carver for the first time again....
I read these stories slowly over the course of the summer, a couple at a time, so as to give each one its due and so as not to make my heart break.
Like the Alice Munro stories, this is another book I've read I don't know how many times, but one Flaky Genius and I are reading as part of her master's classes. Carver is always unsettling, always interesting. A bit of a downer to read, though, Carver's stories are almost across the board about bro...
I seem to be one of the few people who managed to read this before seeing the Altman film Short Cuts, which is based on nine of the stories. I also like Short Cuts more than most of my friends. Possibly there's some connection.
27 years ago
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