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A definitive edition of Raymond Carver's legendary and controversial stories, including never before seen versions.

About the Author

Raymond Carver (1938-1988), the author of such landmark collections asWill You Please Be Quiet, Please?(1976),What We Talk About When We Talk About Love(1981), andCathedral(1983),was perhaps the most influential short-story writer of his generation.

William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll, editors, have devoted decades to the work of Raymond Carver, publishing numerous essays and editing Conversations with Raymond Carver (1990), Remembering Ray- A Composite Biography (1993), All of Us- The Collected Poems (1996), and Call If You Need Me- The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose (2000).

Reviews

“The Library of America Collected Stories is a fascinating event . . . if you haven’t read it you cannot claim, in the fullest sense, to have read Raymond Carver.” — Times Literary Supplement