Cathedral (Vintage Contemporaries)
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It was morning in America when Raymond Carver's Cathedral came out in 1983, but the characters in this dry collection of short stories from the forgotten corners of land of opportunity didn't receive much sunlight. Nothing much happens to the subjects of Carver's fiction, which is precisely why they are so harrowing: nothingness is a daunting presence to overcome. And rarely do they prevail, but the loneliness and quiet struggle the characters endure provide fertile ground for literary triumph, particularly in the hands of Carver, who was perhaps in his best form with this effort.
The New York Times Book Review, Irving Howe
Cathedral contains a number of similar stories, very skillful within their narrow limits, written with a dry intensity, and moving, at their climaxes, from the commonplace to the unnerving.
Cathedral (Vintage Contemporaries)
Cathedral (Vintage Contemporaries),Raymond Carver,Vintage,0679723692,Fiction,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Short Stories (single author),Short stories,Fiction / Short Stories (single author),Modern fiction
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