The last collection published during Carver's life, "Where I'm Calling From" contains 37 of his best stories and reflects his development as a writer over a period of more than two decades.
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Publisher:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [1988], ©1988
Edition:
First Trade edition
ISBN:
9780871132352
0871132354
9780871132161
0871132168
0871132354
9780871132161
0871132168
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FICTION Car
Description:
xviii, 393 pages ; 24 cm
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Add a CommentA classic. Some stories are from other collections. A master of short story writing.
An outstanding collection of short stories. Carver is a master of the genre, realistically capturing the minute details of the trials and tribulations of human relationships as well as individuals' feeble and unsuccessful attempts to find happiness through self-medication.
I slogged through half of this story collection before giving up. I only liked 1 or 2 of the stories, and even then Carver's style did not resonate with me. Many of his characters seemed too unreal, and their frequent naivete was annoying. I consider myself a fairly open-minded reader, but the seeming randomness of where his stories start and where they end just did not work for me.