Raymond Carver : a writer's life / Carol Sklenicka.
Sklenicka, Carol, 1948-
2009
PS3553.A7894 Z886 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Raymond Carver : a writer's life / Carol Sklenicka.
Author Sklenicka, Carol, 1948-
Edition 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
ISBN 9780743262453 (alk. paper)
074326245X (alk. paper)
9780743262460 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0743262468 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Scribner, 2009.
Language English
Description xi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PS3553.A7894 Z886 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 813/.54 B
Summary A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Pt. I: Beginnings. Raymond Junior ; Yakima Valley ; Vocation ; Cigarettes, beer, jazz ; Crazy in love ; Furious years ; A story of he and she ; The Athens of the Midwest
Pt. II: Search. Grinding and sharpening ; Were those actual miles? ; Luck ; Reading Mark Twain in Tel Aviv ; The sixties end ; A friend in New York
Pt. III: Success and discontent. A story in Esquire ; The illusion of freedom ; Astounding and amazing times ; Drowning ; Will you please be quiet, please?
Pt. IV: Recovery. Celebrated and homeless ; Sobriety ; Separation ; Beginning, again ; What we talk about when we talk about love ; Fires
Pt. V: Triumph. Cathedral ; Where water comes together with other water ; Ultramarine ; Where I'm calling from ; A new path to the waterfall
Epilogue.

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