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Where I'm Calling From: The Selected Stories Paperback – 1 Nov. 1993

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Shortly before he died, America's laureate of the dispossessed made his own selection from his short stories, revised the texts and published them in this authorative edition.

The stories in Where I'm Calling From are selected from the full range of the author's work including Furious Seasons, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, and Cathedral and include all seven stories from his last collection, Elephant.

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    Harvill Press
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    1 Nov. 1993
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    13.5 x 3.3 x 21.7 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1860460399
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1860460395
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Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first short stories appeared in Esquire during Gordon Lish's tenure as fiction editor in the 1970s. Carver's work began to reach a wider audience with the 1976 publication of Will You Please be Quiet, Please, but it was not until the 1981 publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love under Gordon Lish, then at Knopf, that he began to achieve real literary fame. This collection was edited by more than 40 per cent before publication, and Carver dedicated it to his fellow writer and future wife, Tess Gallagher, with the promise that he would one day republish his stories at full length. He went on to write two more collections of stories, Cathedral and Elephant, which moved away from the earlier minimalist style into a new expansiveness, as well as several collections of poetry. He died in 1988, aged fifty.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvill Press (1 Nov. 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1860460399
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1860460395
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 3.3 x 21.7 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His father was a saw-mill worker and his mother was a waitress and clerk. He married early and for years writing had to come second to earning a living for his young family. Despite, small-press publication, it was not until Will You Please Be Quiet Please? appeared in 1976 that his work began to reach a wider audience. This was the year in which he gave up alcohol, which had contributed to the collapse of his marriage. In 1977 he met the writer Tess Gallagher, with whom he shared the last eleven years of his life. During this prolific period he wrote three collections of stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral and Elephant. Fires, a collection of essays, poems and stories, appeared in 1985, followed by three further collections of poetry. In 1988 he completed the poetry collection A New Path to the Waterfall.

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Customers praise the book's readability, particularly noting its brilliant dialogue. Moreover, the short story collection receives positive feedback for its exemplary nature and amazing storytelling ability, with one customer highlighting how the author can establish a story in a single paragraph.

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Customers find the book readable, particularly praising its brilliant dialogue.

"...were only 2 or 3 that didn't resonate massively but even they were readable...." Read more

"...of short stories for grown-ups who are looking for an understanding of elements of society they would not otherwise come into contact with...." Read more

"...This collection is however of such a high quality that while some stop abruptly, what went before is certainly worth while...." Read more

"...Yes, this is a great book, supremely American in content, and to be learned from - Carver quotes V S Pritchett's definition of a short story as &#..." Read more

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"...What a short story compilation. A specialist in relationships, alcohol, dead end jobs, financial worries and love mostly ending in despair...." Read more

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"The opening story is brilliant and unique, but by about 25% through I was already beginning to tire of the same formula on repeat for the other..." Read more

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  • JP
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential short story collection
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2024
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    I got this after reading a story of his (Collectors) in a compilation. I love how he can establish the story in a paragraph and how they can be open to interpretation. There were only 2 or 3 that didn't resonate massively but even they were readable. I didn't realise the main themes would be predominately relationships, alcohol. What a short story compilation. A specialist in relationships, alcohol, dead end jobs, financial worries and love mostly ending in despair. And can hook you with a paragraph. Sad it's over but it will always have pride of place in my bookshelf and I'll be re-reading it for sure. There were so many highlights and although bleak there were some buts later on that made me laugh out loud. Brilliant with dialogue too. When he introduced tension and unease he can be very scary and got me hooked turning the page,especially in the terrifying 'So Much Water so Close to Home' story that has stayed with me. Highlights for me: What Do You Do in San Francisco, Collectors, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, Where I'm Calling From, Blackbird Pie and the monumental So Much Water So Close to Home. One of the best short story compilations I've read
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  • Steven Pugh
    5.0 out of 5 stars Short stories that don't have a twist in the tale
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2018
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    This is a book of short stories for grown-ups who are looking for an understanding of elements of society they would not otherwise come into contact with. Raymond Carver, along with Denis Johnson, is one of the few writers who have produced writing that gets to the heart of its subjects without feeling a need to append some artificial ending. Life is seldom tied up neatly, and nor are the events that go to make it up. Carver writes with great simplicity, but his work seems deeper with every reading.
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  • Alexander Bryce
    4.0 out of 5 stars I don’t like short stories, but……
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2022
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    Short stories tend to stop just as you get into the yarn and feel for the characters. This collection is however of such a high quality that while some stop abruptly, what went before is certainly worth while.
    The best of this genre I’ve read so far.
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  • Daniel Roy Connelly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brand new copy
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2024
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    Exceptional value, a used copy that hasn’t been. As new.
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  • Sophie Cooke
    5.0 out of 5 stars God is in the detail
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2011
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    This is a great collection of Carver's work. It shows how his themes developed through his working life from stressful marriage, through alcoholism, to self-acceptance. The stories themselves are small masterpieces. The emotional detail is at times uncanny, creating a shiver of truth. Reading these accounts, one sometimes feels that not just one's reading mind but one's whole self has been carried off: that one has been there, lived these events for oneself.
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  • Four Violets
    3.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but miserable
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2016
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    I am aware that Raymond Carver is one of the most respected authors ever, and I'm not arguing about his writing. It's the subject matter! So gloomy and depressing! Story after story about miserable couples tearing each other apart, alcoholics and an atmosphere of repressed violence. My favourite story was "Errand" about the death of Chekhov, because it was such a relief to discover a different subject matter. Yes, this is a great book, supremely American in content, and to be learned from - Carver quotes V S Pritchett's definition of a short story as "something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing." But perhaps these short stories are better dipped in to rather than read in one sitting.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived on time in perfect condition.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2021
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    Classic modern literature.
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  • colin hodgson
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... stories i got used to his style and i love it. More like prose poems at times
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2016
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    after the first couple of stories i got used to his style and i love it. More like prose poems at times.
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  • Holbein
    5.0 out of 5 stars La realidad inquietante de lo cotidiano prosaico
    Reviewed in Spain on 31 January 2021
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    Carver vierte su experiencia vital en unas compasivas historias que no pretenden llegar a una conclusión (al famoso desenlace que suelen poner como requisito en algunas escuelas de escritura) sino que nos permiten participar en el desarrollo de situaciones cotidianas comunes y prosaicas de los desencuentros de los seres humanos consigo mismos y con los demás, y sobre todo con la fatalidad de sus circunstancias y azares.
    Pueden parecer tristes, pero a fuer de empáticas, aunque crudamente reales e introspectivas, no condenan sin remedio el futuro de sus protagonistas a la desesperanza, sino que dejan la continuación al lector. Somos nosotros los que podemos abrir las infinitas posibilidades de esos vulgares dramas de seres humanos normales y corrientes, espléndidamente escritos, incluso si a menudo nos ponen el corazón en un puño
    Es un maestro de la narrativa corta del siglo XX.
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  • Michele Emond
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dans la nuit de nos vies
    Reviewed in France on 25 July 2016
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    Je découvre cet auteur,le maître de la nouvelle. Tendre dans la description de la chute, quand le désespoir semble la seule voie,
    Toujours des mains tendues pour offrir ce que les humains peuvent se donner comme réconfort.
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  • Ed
    5.0 out of 5 stars 少ない語彙でも読めるのに物語の世界に誘ってくれる満足感を味わっています。
    Reviewed in Japan on 30 April 2015
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    もともとカーヴァーの作品が好きでたまに無性に読みたくなる物語がありました。でも、それは村上春樹の日本語訳でした。

    「Errand 〜使い走り」のオリジナルを読んでみたくて購入したのがきっかけですが、当時は英語力が追いついてなかったようで手に余りました。しばらくして、最近試しに最初の短編からゆっくり読み始めてみると、面白くて読むのをやめられない。カーヴァーの物語はシンプルな表現少ない描写で広く想像させ、深く読ませて、物語の世界に誘われる感じがたまらなく良いです。

    この短編選集は英語の語彙が少なくても、あらすじを追うだけに留まらず、読書の楽しみを存分に味あわせてもらえる１冊になっていて、とても感謝しています。　
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  • marco plastina
    5.0 out of 5 stars il grande carver...
    Reviewed in Italy on 27 July 2019
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    Un magnifico libro di un meraviglioso scrittore. Edizione economica con tanti racconti, Ad un prezzo eccezionale....
    Consegna perfetta come al solito, anzi in anticipo rispetto al previsto
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  • Susan
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best short story authors!
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 February 2024
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    Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories" by Raymond Carver is a must-read for any fan of short fiction. Carver's writing is raw, honest, and deeply moving. Each story in this collection is a masterclass in the art of storytelling, with characters that feel so real they could jump off the page.

    Carver's ability to capture the complexities of human relationships and emotions is truly remarkable. From the mundane to the extraordinary, each story in this collection is a powerful exploration of the human experience. Whether you're a longtime fan of Carver's work or new to his writing, "Where I'm Calling From" is sure to leave a lasting impression.

    I highly recommend this collection to anyone looking for thought-provoking and beautifully crafted stories. Carver's writing is both haunting and unforgettable, making "Where I'm Calling From" a book that you won't be able to put down. Trust me, you won't regret picking up this gem of a collection.
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