Published by Vintage, 1992
ISBN 10: 0679735690 ISBN 13: 9780679735694
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 11.20
Used offers from US$ 4.72
Also find Softcover
Published by Vintage Books, 2010
ISBN 10: 0099530341 ISBN 13: 9780099530343
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 15.29
Used offers from US$ 6.42
Also find Softcover
Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 1988
ISBN 10: 0070101949 ISBN 13: 9780070101944
Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 25.59
Used offers from US$ 6.89
Also find Softcover
Published by Vintage Classics, 1992
Seller: Et Al's Read & Unread Books, Wausau, WI, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good in wraps with light handling wear. Brief inscription penned at front endpaper else bright & unmarked.
Published by Harvill Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 1860460798 ISBN 13: 9781860460791
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Vintage, 1992, 1992
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Near fine glossy wraps with crisp bright text.
Published by Berlin : Berliner Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2001
ISBN 10: 3442760070 ISBN 13: 9783442760077
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
Condition: Sehr gut. Taschenbucherstausgabe. 325 (11) Seiten. 18,7 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Nina Rothfos & Patrick Gabler. Sehr guter Zustand. Der erste von Raymond Carver selbst zusammengestellte Erzählungsband über Verlierer und Verlorene der amerikanischen Gesellschaft. Die 22 Geschichten des besten amerikanischen Kurzgeschichten-Autors seit Hemingway. In meisterhafter Kürze und lakonischer Präzision halten sie das Leben von Scheiternden fest. Seine unvergleichliche Fähigkeit, die Dinge in ihrem Schweigen zum Sprechen zu bringen, hat ihn bis heute zum bewunderten Vorbild der Literaturszene werden lassen. Seine Erzählungen waren Grundlage für Robert Altmans preisgekrönten Film "Short Cuts". Die Übersetzung von Helmut Frielinghaus wahrt den lakonischen Tonfall Carvers, ohne die Zwischentöne zu opfern. Auch wenn Raymond Carver (1938-1988) niemand war, dem man unbesorgt eine volle Flasche Whisky oder seinen Hund für einen Spaziergang um den Block anvertrauen konnte, auf seine Storys ist Verlass. Dies zeigt überzeugend sein erster Erzählband, 1976 von ihm selbst zusammengestellt, mit dem ihm der Durchbruch in der literarischen Szene Amerikas gelang. Darunter sind neun Erzählungen erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung zu lesen. Carvers Spezialität, die von vielen Autoren seither nachgeahmt und nur selten erreicht wird, ist der knappe Dialog in alltäglichen Situationen. Am meisten kommt zur Sprache, während die Personen miteinander schweigen oder sich, je mehr sie reden, immer weniger sagen. John Updike dazu: "Carver bringt die Dinge in ihrem Schweigen zum Sprechen." Die Storys brauchen keine lange Einführung. Sofort befindet sich der Leser mitten im Geschehen. Der Anruf einer fremden Frau entzieht der gesicherten Welt Arnolds den Boden. Der kurze Blick, den er im Gespräch in ihr Leben wirft, lässt ihn verstört zurück. Oder eine nebensächliche Bemerkung zweier Restaurantgäste nähren aufkeimende Zweifel des Ehemanns an seiner Frau. Bedeutungslose Kleinigkeiten, die, plötzlich hochgeschwemmt, eine ganze Existenz in Frage stellen. Achtung: Suchtgefahr! --Manuela Haselberger. - Raymond Carver (* 25. Mai 1938 in Clatskanie, Oregon; 2. August 1988 in Port Angeles, Washington) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Dichter. Leben: Raymond Carver wurde in Clatskanie (Oregon) geboren und wuchs in Yakima, Washington auf. Carver studierte Creative Writing bei dem Autor John Gardner am Chicago State College. Am Humboldt State College in Kalifornien, wo er 1963 einen B.A. erwarb, und an der University of Iowa setzte er sein Studium fort. Er veröffentlichte zu Lebzeiten in verschiedenen Zeitschriften, darunter The New Yorker und Esquire, eine Anzahl von Erzählungen, zum Teil Kurzgeschichten, die aus dem Leben einfacher Menschen berichten. Seine Arbeiten zeichnen sich durch ihren lakonischen Stil aus, an dem sein Lektor beim Esquire, Gordon Lish, großen Anteil hatte. In den letzten Jahren wurden Lishs zum Teil massive Eingriffe in Carvers Texte zunehmend kritisiert. Noch zu Lebzeiten von Carver erschienen einzelne Erzählungen in einer von diesen Eingriffen gesäuberten Form. Stilistisch wird Carver dem literarischen Minimalismus zugerechnet. Carver war mit der Lyrikerin Tess Gallagher verheiratet und gut befreundet mit Tobias Wolff und Richard Ford. Im Jahre 1988 wurde er in die American Academy of Arts and Letters aufgenommen. Seit seiner Zeit am Humboldt State College bis zehn Jahre vor seinem Tod war Carver ein starker Alkoholiker. Viele seiner Geschichten zeugen von seiner Alkoholsucht. Carver starb im Alter von 50 Jahren in Port Angeles (Washington) an Lungenkrebs. Carvers Erzählungen wurden von Haruki Murakami ins Japanische übersetzt. . . . Aus: wikipedia-Raymond_Carver. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 325 Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Laminiert. Glanzfolienkaschierung.
Published by Vintage, 2003
ISBN 10: 0099449897 ISBN 13: 9780099449898
Seller: Greener Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 69.41
Used offers from US$ 18.11
Also find Softcover
Published by Harvill Pr, 1999
ISBN 10: 1860466044 ISBN 13: 9781860466045
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Published by Library of America, 2009
ISBN 10: 1598530461 ISBN 13: 9781598530469
Seller: Seattle Goodwill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwills nonprofit mission!.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 30.08
Used offers from US$ 19.49
Also find Hardcover Softcover First Edition
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by London, Pan Books 1985., 1985
Seller: Libreria Gullà, Roma, ROMA, Italy
In-16° gr. pp. 447 con ingiallimento. Bross. edit. ill. a col.
Published by Vintage Books (1992), New York, 1992
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition. Paperback. 251 pages plus ads. Very Good.
Published by Library of America
Seller: Bayfront Bookshelf, Erie, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. As new, in original slipcase and shrink wrap. Green cloth. Printing obviously unknown!.
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1976
ISBN 10: 0070101930 ISBN 13: 9780070101937
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from US$ 517.51
Used offers from US$ 215.00
Also find Hardcover First Edition Signed
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1976
ISBN 10: 0070101930 ISBN 13: 9780070101937
First Edition
Condition: Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. 1st edition. 249pp. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust Jacket edges a bit frayed. In polypropylene bag. (short stories, social life and customs) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0070101949 ISBN 13: 9780070101944
Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Pictorial white paper binding rubbed at extremities; backstrip browned; covers smudged; leaf edges foxed & soiled. ; In wraps; half-title page signed by author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by McGraw Hill Book Company (1978), New York, 1978
Seller: Brick Walk Books, Orleans, MA, U.S.A.
First McGraw-Hill Paperback edition. Near fine in stiff pictorial wrappers. With a publishers card, "With the compliments of Gordon Lish" laid in. This copy bears the ownership signature of poet, Jack Gilbert. A very interesting association copy given the role that Lish played in both of these extraordinary writer's lives and careers.
Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
249 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Small ink ownership signature to front free endpaper; otherwise a near fine copy in a jacket with a few closed tears and some very slight soiling. Inscribed by Raymond Carver in 1977 on the title page.
Published by McGraw Hill (1976), New York, 1976
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Carver's first trade book, a collection of stories that heralded a new perspective on the role of Everyman in modern fiction. Very close to Fine in a lightly soiled but still Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the rear flap fold.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1978
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Paperback Edition, 2nd printing. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Carver on the title page: "For Ted and Renee Weiss, with admiration and good wishes. Ray Carver April 11, 1980 Princeton." Ted Weiss was a poet and academic who was a professor at Princeton University. Ted along with his wife Renee were also the editors for the Quarterly Review of Literature. A very lovely association. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
249 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket, preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding clamshell box. First edition. Slightest of rubbing to the very top and bottom edges of the spine; else a fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket which is otherwise very near fine.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company (1976), New York, 1976
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Carver's first trade book, a collection of stories that heralded a new perspective on the role of Everyman in modern fiction. A tight, crisp, Fine copy in a close to Fine bright white dustwrapper with a tiny tear at the head and just a trace of the inevitable soiling.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Tan boards with blue spine. Title of book is blind-stamped on front panel. Orange lettering on spine. Upper external page edges are light blue tinted. Corners and a bit of the edges at head and tail of board spine are rubbed but not fraying. Upper fore-edge corner tips have small bumps. Light foxing on external page edges. Previous owner's name/date on front paste-down, else book is internally clean. Text block is tight and appears to be unread. Dust jacket is lightly soiled overall, typical of white backgrounds in older books. Folds are creased and darkened, more so on the fore-edge folds. Back panel has a 1/4" closed vertical tear to the right of center along the lower edge with adjacent shallow diagonal crease. The reverse side has a small tape repair from a previous owner. Edges and corners at head and tail of jacket spine and fore-edge corner are creased and rubbed but with very minimal loss. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required. Signed by Author(s).
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1976
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Signed first edition of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please by Raymond Carver. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [xii], 249pp. Beige hardcover, title in orange on blue cloth spine. Blue topstain, orange endpapers. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, foxing to edges, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $8.95 retail price, shelf wear, with mild foxing and toning to verso. Signed by the author in black on title page. "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" was Raymond Carver's first published collection of short stories, including titles like "Nobody Said Anything," "Sixty Acres," and "What Do You Do in San Francisco?".
Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED by Raymond Carver on title page. Very close to fine in a like dust jacket. (249pp. ) (5 1/2" X 8 1/4") (Quite faint sticker ghost on orange-tinted front end-paper. Trivial trace of rubbing at bottom edge. Tiny spot of soiling at base of spine on jacket. ) Lovely copy of the author's breakthrough collection of stories. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 249 pages.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company (1976), New York, 1976
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Carver's first trade book, a collection of stories that heralded a new perspective on the role of Everyman in modern fiction. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Carver to poet Michael Waters and his wife on the front endpaper: "For Michael and Robin/with love/and in friendship/Ray/Salisbury/4-10-80." Waters and Carver were friends. In his collection DARLING VULGARITY (2006), Waters has a poem about a visit by Carver to his home in Salisbury [Maryland] where Carver mistakenly lets their housebound dog out, and the two writers have to scour the neighborhood to retrieve him. Small, faint stain to bulked text fore-edge. About Fine in a close to Fine, bright white dustwrapper.
Published by Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, 1967
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. First edition of Raymond Carver's first book publication, in a short story anthology. Signed twice by Carver, a presentation copy inscribed to his sister-in-law, Bonna Rose "Jerry" Burk, with a short signed letter on an index card to her laid in, in the year of publication. Signed on the front endpaper: "For Jerry with love Raymond Carver," and signed by Carver at his contribution on page 37. Notecard reads in Carver's holograph script: "Jerry - A bit late but happy birthday and much love. - Book was late getting off-press and only just now rec'd my copies. Paperback edition will be out in March. so you might keep an eye out for that. They usually quote reviews from the N.Y. Times, Sat. Rev, etc. and its always an attractive job - word-for-word reprint of this hardcover edition. working on other things right now - have acquired a N.Y. agent, so waiting to see what will happen on that end. Perhaps some dough. Everyone here is okay. Maryann very busy with school, house, etc. - we did take time out to drink a bottle of champagne, though, when this arrived. - Best to Gordon and the little ones. Love (as always) Ray." 16 lines, on both sides of a 3 x 5 inch card in blue ink. xvi, [ii], 357 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with gray and black stamping. Very Good with some light soiling to boards, a few small coffee stains internally, a little wave to pages, tape ghosts on rear endpaper where notecard was once affixed. Lacking dust jacket. Loose notecard has tape along edges. A superb early presentation from Raymond Carver to someone who played an important role in his life. Jerry Burk was his wife Maryanne's older sister, and played a key role in the years of his courtship and early married life. Raymond would show her the stories he wrote for his Palmer correspondence courses in writing. His contribution to this volume is the acclaimed short story "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" (originally published in December magazine the previous year). Please note that this original, award-winning version of one of Carver's most important stories appears here in considerably different form than that issued in later collections, including as the title story of his first major-press short-story collection in 1976, where it appears heavily revised under the guidance of Gordon Lish, who became a major influence some two years after the first publication of this story. Carver's short stories are widely recognized as major works in the genre and have been widely anthologized and studied since publication.