He has done what many of the most gifted writers fail to do: He has invented a country of his own, like no other except that very world, as Wordsworth said, which is the world to all of us.’ The New York Times Book Review’Carver not only enchants, he convinces.’ Time Arranged chronologically, this book affords an intimate and comprehensive thirty year vision of a great writer in the process of becoming himself.’With painful, funny acuteness, Carver captures the electric currents that shoot through people’s lives and singe them indelibly.’ Newsweek’Raymond Carver’s America is a place of survivors and a place of stories. Included here as well is Carver’s last essay, ‘Friendship’ about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. It includes five of Raymond Carver’s early stories including the first one he ever published, a fragment of an unpublished novel, poems that have previously appeared only in small press editions, and all of his uncollected nonfiction.

‘A writer of astonishing compassion and honesty.’ Washington Post Book WorldThis volume of previously uncollected work represents the final legacy of one of the great and truly American writers of our time. Carver’s stories can already be counted among the masterpieces of American fiction…Ĭathedral shows a gifted writer struggling for a larger scope of reference, a finer touch of nuance.’ Irving Howe, front page, The New York Times Book Review’Clear, hard language so right that we shiver at the knowledge we gain from it.’ Thomas Williams, Chicago Tribune Book World’Carver is more than a realist there is, in some of his stories, a strangeness, the husk of a myth.’ Los Angeles TimesStories included: ‘Feathers’ ‘Chef’s House’ ‘Preservation’ ‘The Compartment’ ‘A Small, Good Thing’ ‘Vitamins’ ‘Careful’ ‘Where I’m Calling From’ ‘The Train’ ‘Fever’ ‘The Bridle’ ‘ Cathedral‘ His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.’ Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World’ Cathedral contains astonishing achievements, which bespeaks a writer expanding his range of intentions.’ The Boston Globe’A few of Mr. His eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. ‘A dozen stories that overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life…Ĭarver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty…

Collected Stories by Raymond Carver