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An excellent collection of dark minimalist short stories.

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Raymond Carver - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love BOOK REVIEW

BUY HERE: https://amzn.to/310o23i Raymond Carver Doc: https://youtu.be/7mjuSh--24o

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theMadDoctor

I'm a big fan of Carver's. As a wannbe-writer I love the way he writes. There's something delicate in it, like you can picture him just barely tapping the keys of his typewriter. I don't mean that in a wimpy way. More like he's being delicate with delicate things. His stories are dark and not very reassuring but at the same time his compassion comes through. The only thing I don't like about him is that he can be a little too subtle for his own good. I've finished stories of his and have been like "well, ok, nicely done but if there was a point I missed it", a few too many times.

Randy Hess

Thanks for the review. For anyone one who is interested, there's a great biography of Carver by Carol Sklenicka. Also, there is another version of this book called Beginners (with the original stories before the editing work done by Gordon Lish - who edited these stories and cut many by more than 50% in length). Willy Vlautin of Scappose, Oregon is another author worth checking out for anyone who is a fan of Carver. Northline would be a good one to start with by Vlautin. Thanks again for the review.

Nick Whitson

I really enjoyed this review of Raymond Carver. I actually just read his short story “The Cathedral” in my English lit class at PCC. I’m definitely going to pick this up sometime. Thank you, Cliff!