Name: Carver: Cathedral
SKU: 4973115
Price: 507.00 TWD
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Author: Raymond Carver
ISBN: 9780099530336

Type

Physical Book

Author

Raymond Carver

Publisher

Vintage

Topic

novela extranjera

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

214

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0099530333

ISBN13

9780099530336

Edition No.

Carver: Cathedral

Raymond Carver (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

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Synopsis "Carver: Cathedral "

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 woman's 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 Carver's work to a more confidently poetic style.

Raymond Carver

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Raymond Carver (Clatskanie, Oregon, May 25, 1938 – Port Angeles, Washington, August 2, 1988) was a prominent American writer and poet, recognized as one of the leading exponents of dirty realism and literary minimalism of the 20th century. His work is characterized by short stories that address the everyday life of the working class, using a concise style stripped of embellishments.

Among his most notable works are the short story collections "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" (1976), "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" (1981), and "Cathedral" (1983). These publications solidified his reputation as a master of the short story. His ability to portray the complexity of human relationships and the challenges of everyday life earned him critical acclaim and positioned him as an influential figure in contemporary literature.

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