books by Raymond Carver     books:     Raymond Carver      All of Us: The Collected Poems Raymond Carver Vintage, 1996 Minimal is a Good Thing Those who have stated that Carver was a minimalist seem to feel minimalism is a negative. Minimalism is a form of expression, but it reflects merely the form, not the content. These are not minimal poems. The impact comes from straight language in simple grammatical ...             Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories Raymond Carver Vintage, 1989 The "fires" in his life! - Greatest influences When Raymond Carver died in 1988 at 50, the literary world lost a truly unique short story writer. Carver, a master at dialogue and often called a minimalist, created stories with substance where a mystery looms beyond the surface, stories so commonplace, with common ...             Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories Raymond Carver Vintage, 1992 Very good The book was in very good condition, with no missing pages or any markings that I could see.             Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories Raymond Carver Vintage, 1989 Nice introduction to contemporary writing I am a hopeless lit. snob. I read only classics. When new books are presented to me, especially books with works published less than 40 years ago, I tend to be very cautious. Raymond Carver's collection may have just changed that. He's accessible to a wide array of ...             American Short Story Masterpieces Dell, 1989 Best Bang for the Buck Perhaps I am biased by nostalgia since this was the text used way back in my high school creative writing class, but this sublime anthology is pound for pound the best collection of short fiction around. There are other excellent collections -- Scribner's Anthology of ...             What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories Raymond Carver Vintage, 1989 Wonderful Carver Carver's texts are pure American, and in their purity his characters and stories become a universal experience. His language, strong, concise and to the point is charged with emotion. He uses only the necessary words to describe and each word is there for a purpose. ...             A New Path to the Waterfall Raymond Carver Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994 The last poems . . . This was Raymond Carver's 11th and apparently last book of poems, published after his death by his wife Tess Gallagher, who writes a long, thoughtful introduction describing Carver's last months before dying of cancer at age 50. Unlike his previous collection, "Where ...             On Becoming a Novelist John Gardner, Raymond Carver W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Every writer should read this book I first read Gardner's "The Art of Fiction" some years ago. It was a fine book with some sound advice. However, it read too much like a how-to book for my tastes. And the how-to advice seemed a bit too formulaic. Though I am sure it is a fine book for instruction, ...             Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose Raymond Carver Vintage, 2001 Carver for friends Try to rate a Carver short stories collection is like trying to rate your father actions. You just can't judge him, you only can stare at him. You can even try to understand him, but you don't really have to. There is something beautiful and small hidden in every ...             Cathedral Raymond Carver Vintage, 1989 A Small, Good Thing If What We Talk About When We Talk About Love was a collection full of characters in the middle of losing it all, then Cathedral is a collection full of characters trying to get it all back, trying to salvage relationships of all types: marital ("Chef's House"), ...             Great American Writers: 21 Unabridged Stories Raymond Carver Audio Partners, 1996 Precious gems abound in a collection of 21 unabridged stories by the best American writers, presented by outstanding readers. A rare value and ideal for students and teachers of the short story. 6 cassettes             Stories Of Raymond Carver: A Critical Study Kirk Nesset Ohio University Press, 1995 Carver Lives in This Book I've perused all of the critical work and this book outshines them all -- by at least 300 per cent. It's engaging, penetrating, well-developed and lucid, and written humanely no less, with much flair and elan. What a refreshing read, considering the arid critical ...             Ultramarine: Poems Raymond Carver Vintage, 1987 Wonderful book of poetry Ultramarine by Raymond Carver, a collection of his poetry, is a gem. With each of my moves I find myself discarding all of my books except for this one. This is the one I hold and keep returning to. While Carver is better known for his short stories, I think it's his ...             Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) James Thurber, Edith Wharton, ... Symphony Space, 2006 Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics (Selected Shorts series) So much fun! Great for a few minutes or hours.             Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems Raymond Carver Vintage, 1986 Moving, Flowing This is fine poetry to start Raymond Carver with. "The Ashtray" demonstrates an excellent portrayal of a selfish man and his girlfriend. "My Daughter's Apple Pie" is probably one of Carver's best works as far as showing his understatement style especially with a ...          products you might be interested in search for books celebration, collected, masterpieces, ultramarine, unabridged, uncollected      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: The Gazer Within (Poets on Poetry)