Title: Raymond Carver is da man!
Review: I actually have never read this one, but I did read Cathedral, and What We Talk About... some years ago, when I was in college or just out. That's basically this compilation. They are all beautiful and touching stories- this guy is as gifted as any short story writer that would be taught in classrooms. Think of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". I remember giving Cathedral to a friend at U of Delaware who said he didn't like it. Why?- It's too depressing. But that's not quite true, it's real. I was and still am a "student" of contemporarystory writers, and these are very rewarding reads. There is a lot of truth in his writing. Instructional and, dare I say it, entertaining. Turn off the television and read this compilation.
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