Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new life into the American short story. Carver shows us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the classics of our time.
With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new life into the American short story. Carver shows us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the classics of our time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679735694 (0679735690)
ASIN: 679735690
Publish date: June 9th 1992
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 251
Edition language: English
bookshelves: published-1976, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, summer-2013, tbr-busting-2013, fraudio, winter-20152016, jan-2016-litricher, lit-richer, tbr-busting-2016 Read from June 03, 2013 to January 07, 2016 Description: With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the sh...
As I finished each story, I would go back to the table of contents and rate each one from 1 to 5 stars. Then, at the end, I calculated the average and came up with 3.36 stars.However, after reading the last story, which to me was far and away the best one, I though I might have been a little genero...
What a sad, really heart-breaking collection of little stories; each one of them masterfully built. I remember back in the 80's, when I wasn't reading literature, how Carver was mocked by many in the media for his minimalist style -- yet not a hint about the emotional intelligence contained in his w...
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