Short Cuts - Softcover

Raymond Carver. Robert Altman (intro)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002727048 ISBN 13: 9780002727044

Publisher: Harper Collins, 1994

Synopsis

The nine stories and one poem on which Robert Altman based his movie, Short Cuts, on. The stories overflow with danger, excitement, mystery, and the possibility of life. About Carver: "The master of the contemorary American story," and "One of America's most original, truest voices."

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first short stories appeared in Esquire during Gordon Lish's tenure as fiction editor in the 1970s. Carver's 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:

"Raymond Carver's stories can be counted amongst the masterpieces of American fiction" * New York Times * "The stories overflow with danger, excitement, mystery and the possibility of life... His eye is so clear it almost breaks your heart" * Washington Post * "One of America's most original, truest voices" -- Salman Rushdie "Superb" -- Ian McEwan

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0002727048
• ISBN 13: 9780002727044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 157