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Cathedral by Raymond Carver
A dozen stories that overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life.Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty.his eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book WorldCathedral contains astonishing achievements, which bespeaks a writer expanding his range of intentions.--The Boston Globe
A few of Mr. Carver's stories can already be counted among the masterpieces of American fiction.Cathedral shows a gifted writer struggling for a larger scope of reference, a finer touch of nuance. --Irving Howe, front page, The New York Times Book Review
Clear, hard language so right that we shiver at the knowledge we gain from it. --Thomas Williams, Chicago Tribune Book World
Carver is more than a realist; there is, in some of his stories, a strangeness, the husk of a myth. --Los Angeles Times
Stories included:
Feathers
Chef's House
Preservation
The Compartment
A Small, Good Thing
Vitamins
Careful
Where I'm Calling From
The Train
Fever
The Bridle
Cathedral
Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and Where I'm Calling From in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died August 2, 1988, shortly after completing the poems of A New Path to the Waterfall. William L. Stull is a professor of English at the University of Hartford. Maureen P. Carroll is an adjunct professor of humanities at the University of Hartford and a practicing attorney. For more than two decades, they have published numerous essays and books on the work of Raymond Carver.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679723691 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679723692 |
| Title | Cathedral |
| Author | Raymond Carver |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1989-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |