Cathedral by Raymond Carver (English) Paperback Book

Description: Cathedral by Raymond Carver Raymond Carver said it was possible to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a womans earring - with immense, even startling power. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description All the stories in Cathedral are different; some funny, some hauntingly sad. Each has its own individual and curious power Daily TelegraphRaymond Carver said it was possible to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a womans earring - with immense, even startling power. Nowhere is this alchemy more striking than in the title story of Cathedral in which a blind man guides the hand of a sighted man as together they draw the cathedral the blind man can never see. Many view this story, and indeed this collection, as a watershed in the maturing of Carvers work to a more confidently poetic style. Notes 12 short stories. Back Cover Cathedral is an important book in a unique career New York Review of BooksRaymond Carver said it was possible to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a womans earring - with immense, even startling power. Nowhere is this alchemy more striking than in the title story of Cathedral in which a blind man guides the hand of a sighted man as together they draw the cathedral the blind man can never see. Many view this story, and indeed this collection, as a watershed in the maturing of Carvers work to a more confidently poetic style.See Also: Will You Please Be Quiet Please Author Biography Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first short stories appeared in Esquire during Gordon Lishs tenure as fiction editor in the 1970s. Carvers work began to reach a wider audience with the 1976 publication of Will You Please be Quiet, Please, but it was not until the 1981 publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love under Gordon Lish, then at Knopf, that he began to achieve real literary fame. This collection was edited by more than 40 per cent before publication, and Carver dedicated it to his fellow writer and future wife, Tess Gallagher, with the promise that he would one day republish his stories at full length. He went on to write two more collections of stories, Cathedral and Elephant, which moved away from the earlier minimalist style into a new expansiveness, as well as several collections of poetry. He died in 1988, aged fifty. Review The twelve stories collected in his book Cathedral are remarkable for the originality of vision which he manages to convey in scrupulously simple prose. Carvers is a considerable and an enterprising talent * Guardian *Cathedral ought to establish his reputation as one of the most original new voices in fiction to appear from the United States for many years -- Bill Buford * Times Literary Supplement *Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty, utterly free of pretence and affection, his eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart * Washington Post *An important book in a unique career * New York Review of Books * Promotional All the stories in Cathedral are different; some funny, some hauntingly sad. Each has its own individual and curious power Daily Telegraph Review Text The twelve stories collected in his book Cathedral are remarkable for the originality of vision which he manages to convey in scrupulously simple prose. Carvers is a considerable and an enterprising talent Review Quote The twelve stories collected in his book Cathedral are remarkable for the originality of vision which he manages to convey in scrupulously simple prose. Carvers is a considerable and an enterprising talent Promotional "Headline" All the stories in Cathedral are different; some funny, some hauntingly sad. Each has its own individual and curious power Daily Telegraph Details ISBN0099530333 Author Raymond Carver Year 2009 ISBN-10 0099530333 ISBN-13 9780099530336 Format Paperback Pages 224 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Media Book Tag vintageclassics Short Title CATHEDRAL Language English Series Vintage Classics Death 1988 UK Release Date 2009-11-05 AU Release Date 2009-11-05 NZ Release Date 2009-11-05 Birth 2020 Affiliation University of Memphis Position Novelist Qualifications PhD Publisher Vintage Publishing Publication Date 2009-11-05 Imprint Vintage Classics Audience General Alternative 9780099530336 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:26587299;

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