Where I'm Calling From

Carver, Raymond

Published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1988

About this Item

A handsome burgundy and rust leather First Edition signed by the author, Raymond Carver. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition. The author's other works are many but include "Cathedral," "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?," "Winter Insomnia," and "Furious Seasons." Though Carver was sober during his final decade of life, his struggles with alcohol were well known. In "The Art of Fiction, No. 76" Carver stated: "I suppose I began to drink heavily after I d realized that the things I d wanted most in life for myself and my writing, and my wife and children, were simply not going to happen. It s strange. You never start out in life with the intention of becoming bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar…I m not any longer…If you want the truth, I m prouder of that, that I ve quit drinking, than I am of anything in my life." In "Where I m Calling From," a sober Carver delves into abuse, restless addiction, profound self-destructive impulses and the bleak results of things left unsaid between family and lovers. New York Time s Book Review s Marilynn Robinson (1988) suggested that in this final collection, Carver s "impulse to simplify is like an attempt to create a hush, not to hear less, but to hear better." In collectible, Fine condition for the literary library. Seller Inventory # 5121

Bibliographic Details

Title: Where I'm Calling From

Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Fine - As New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.