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Review title: Not so good
Product review: To those who say they "levitated" when reading a Raymond Carver story, Marlon Brando--when told his acting could "capture moments"-- said to the PLAYBOY interviewer: "A prostitute can capture a moment. A prostitute can make you think nirvana has arrived on the 12:30 plane, and it ain't necessarily so." Above all, Carver is writing for other writers. I would bet anything most of the people praising this book below are writing students, writers, or professors. It's incestuous writing, with all the meta-fiction cliches for the coverted. Hemingway--to his eternal credit--in a letter to a publisher, said, "My stories are intended to appeal to high brows and low brows BOTH." Hemingway, of course, wrote brilliant stories. Truman Capote is a famous writer, but his short stories get little attention. I implore you to read Capote's short stories before you inflict Carver upon yourself.
