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    The Original Version of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

    Part of Vintage Contemporaries

    Author Raymond Carver
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    Knopf | Vintage
    5.2"W x 8"H x 0.64"D   | 9 oz | 24 per carton
    On sale Sep 15, 2015 | 240 Pages | 9780307947925
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    From “one of the great short story writers of our time—of any time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)—comes the original manuscript of the seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.

    Raymond Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—his style is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential—and the pieces in What We Talk About…, which portray the gritty loves and lives of the American working class, are counted among the foundation stones of the contemporary short story. In this unedited text, we gain insight into the process of a great writer. These expansive stories illuminate the many dimensions of Carver’s style, and are indispensable to our understanding of his legacy.

    Text established by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll
    “One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

    “Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty.... His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.” —The Washington Post Book World
    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. View titles by Raymond Carver

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    From “one of the great short story writers of our time—of any time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)—comes the original manuscript of the seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.

    Raymond Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—his style is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential—and the pieces in What We Talk About…, which portray the gritty loves and lives of the American working class, are counted among the foundation stones of the contemporary short story. In this unedited text, we gain insight into the process of a great writer. These expansive stories illuminate the many dimensions of Carver’s style, and are indispensable to our understanding of his legacy.

    Text established by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll

    Praise

    “One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

    “Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty.... His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.” —The Washington Post Book World

    Author

    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. View titles by Raymond Carver

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