Where I'm Calling from: New and Selected Stories - Raymond Carver
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 Where I'm Calling from: New and Selected Stories - Raymond Carver
 Where I'm Calling from: New and Selected Stories - Raymond Carver ... by Vintage BooksNewest Review: ... feeling at the same time as faithfully replicating the inexactitude of its expression. Much is left unsaid, but he helps you ... more ... hear it all the same. And even where the stories' conclusions are left unresolved, he leaves you musing on the emotional implications for the characters.
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To cite examples from just two of the stories:
In "Nobody Said Anything", the teenage narrator plays hookey and goes fishing, in which he joins forces with another boy. Coming home with his half of the big fish they catch, he finds his parents in the middle of a row and is abruptly told by his father to throw the trophy away. Summarised thus, this...more |
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Where I'm Calling from: Selected Stories
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Where I'm Calling from: New and Selected Stories - Raymond Carver: Sliced Life (1911 words)
by - written on 02/02/09 (Very useful, 598 readings)
Rating:
I really wanted to like Raymond Carver. He is a writer whose work has been strongly recommended to me by several people whose opinions I respect, including my elder son, who does not take kindly to having his recommendations ignored. Having at last got round to following the recommendation I wanted to be able to report back positively, if somewhat belatedly, on the experience. And I almost can. But not quite. Maybe I expected too much. Carver has come to occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of late 20th century literature, with distinguished writers and critics alike all apparently sharing the same hymnsheet when they sing his praises. As "the ... Read the complete review
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