Research Catalog

Title

Collected stories / Raymond Carver.

Author

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.

Publication

New York : The Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Group (USA), Inc., c2009.

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Details

Description

xiii, 1019 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

Collects legendary and controversial works by the mid-twentieth-century writer including posthumous, unedited, and previously unseen versions, in a comparative anthology that offers insight into the influence of editor Gordon Lish.

Series Statement

The Library of America ; 195

Uniform Title

• Short stories. Selections
• Library of America ; 195.

Alternative Title

• Short stories.
• Idea.
• Father.
• Student's wife.
• Ducks.
• Bath.
• Third thing that killed my father off.
• Serious talk.
• Calm.
• Lie.
• Cabin.
• Pheasant.
• Compartment.
• Small, good thing.
• Train.
• Bridle.
• Hair.
• Aficionados.
• Fling.

Subject

• Short stories, American

Genre/Form

Short stories, American.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 1005-1019).

Contents

Will you please be quiet, please?: Fat ; Neighbors ; The idea ; They're not your husband ; Are you a doctor? ; The father ; Nobody said anything ; Sixty acres ; What's in Alaska? ; Night school ; Collectors ; What do you do in San Francisco? ; The student's wife ; Put yourself in my shoes ; Jerry and Molly and Sam ; Why, honey? ; The ducks ; How about this? ; Bicycles, muscles, cigarets ; What is it? ; Signals ; Will you please be quiet, please? From Furious seasons and other stories: Pastoral ; Furious seasons. What we talk about when we talk about love: Why don't you dance? ; Viewfinder ; Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit ; Gazebo ; I could see the smallest things ; Sacks ; The bath ; Tell the women we're going ; After the denim ; So much water so close to home ; The third thing that killed my father off ; A serious talk ; The calm ; Popular mechanics ; Everything stuck to him ; What we talk about when we talk about love ; One more thing. Stories from Fires: The lie ; The cabin ; Harry's death ; The pheasant. Cathedral: Feathers ; Chef's house ; Preservation ; The compartment ; A small, good thing ; Vitamins ; Careful ; Where I'm calling from ; The train ; Fever ; The bridle ; Cathedral. From Where I'm calling from: Boxes ; Whoever was using this bed ; Intimacy ; Menudo ; Elephant ; Blackbird pie ; Errand. Other fiction: The hair ; The aficionados ; Poseidon and company ; Bright red apples ; from The Augustine notebooks ; Kindling ; What would you like to see? ; Dreams ; Vandals ; Call if you need me. Selected essays: My father's life ; On writing ; Fires ; Author's note to Where I'm calling from. Beginners (the manuscript version of What we talk about when we talk about love): Why don't you dance? ; Viewfinder ; Where is everyone? ; Gazebo ; Want to see something? ; Fling ; A small, good thing ; Tell the women we're going ; If it please you ; So much water so close to home ; Dummy ; Pie ; The calm ; Mine ; Distance ; Beginners ; One more thing.

Call Number

PS221

ISBN

• 9781598530469 (alk. paper)
• 1598530461 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009923633

OCLC

311777142

Author

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.

Title

Collected stories / Raymond Carver.

Imprint

New York : The Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Group (USA), Inc., c2009.

Series

The Library of America ; 195

Library of America ; 195.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1005-1019).

Added Title

Idea.

Father.

Student's wife.

Ducks.

Bath.

Third thing that killed my father off.

Serious talk.

Calm.

Lie.

Cabin.

Pheasant.

Compartment.

Small, good thing.

Train.

Bridle.

Hair.

Aficionados.

Fling.

Other Form:

Online version: Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Short stories. Selections. Collected stories. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Group (USA), Inc., c2009 (OCoLC)682397781

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 195