The first collection of stories by the great master of the short story form, Raymond Carver. In the title story a man starts to suspect his wife has been unfaithful to him and his delicate grip on normality begins to disintegrate. In Fat a waitress at a diner is changed by the large man she serves. In each story in this collection ordinary characters reveal themselves, sounding and feeling as real as living, breathing humans. Carvers magnificently simple prose gives us mini worlds with great power, as full of pain, heart and feeling as real life. This, his first collection, transformed the American short story.Carver has made himself the natural successor to his true mentor, Chekhov Financial TimesCarver is a master of the clear, sharp, resonant detail Daily TelegraphCarvers stories conjure up a quality of fellow feeling which gives the stories a compelling, dryeyed poignancy, a melancholy but intensely moving authenticity William Boyd

Binding: Paperback;192 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FC; Weight: 260 g; Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 13

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