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    Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

    Stories

    Part of Vintage Contemporaries

    Author Raymond Carver
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    $17.00 US
    Knopf | Vintage
    5.2"W x 8"H x 0.6"D   | 7 oz | 24 per carton
    On sale Jun 09, 1992 | 272 Pages | 9780679735694
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    The first collection of stories from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) breathed new life into the American short story, showing us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people.

    "[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature." —The New York Times Book Review

    "One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time." —The  Philadelhpia Inquirer

    "The whole collection is a knock out. Few writers can match Raymond Carver's entwining style and language." —The Dallas Morning News
    "[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature." —The New York Times Book Review

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

    "The whole collection is a knock out. Few writers can match Raymond Carver's entwining style and language." —The Dallas Morning News
    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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    The first collection of stories from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) breathed new life into the American short story, showing us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people.

    "[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature." —The New York Times Book Review

    "One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time." —The  Philadelhpia Inquirer

    "The whole collection is a knock out. Few writers can match Raymond Carver's entwining style and language." —The Dallas Morning News

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    "[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature." —The New York Times Book Review

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

    "The whole collection is a knock out. Few writers can match Raymond Carver's entwining style and language." —The Dallas Morning News

    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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