Elephant and Other Stories
Author: Raymond Carver
These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is Errand in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared.,,Stories included:,- Boxes,- Whoever Was Using this Bed,- Intimacy,- Menudo,- Elephant,- Blackbird Pie,- Errand….Read More
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Elephant and Other Stories
These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is Errand in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
Monsieur Monde Vanishes
Monsieur Monde is a successful middle-aged businessman in Paris. One morning he walks out on his life, leaving his wife asleep in bed, leaving everything. Not long after, he surfaces… Continue Reading Posted in: Cultural, Fiction, Mystery
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed us how humour and tragedy… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Classic Short Stories, Literary Satire Fiction, Novel, Short Stories
Delta of Venus
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.In Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin conjures up a glittering cascade of sexual encounters. Creating her own 'language of the senses',… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure in Spanish, Classic Action & Adventure (Books)
The Cathedral
After the Satanic debaucheries of L� -bas (1891) and the sensual battles of En Route (1895), comes the cloistered calm of The Cathedral (1898). In this long, reflective novel, Huysmans'… Continue Reading Posted in: Cultural, European Literature, Fiction
Against Nature
With a title translated either as Against Nature or as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-de-siècle novel follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats… Continue Reading Posted in: 1859 1939, Art, Art History, Bibliography, Ellis, French, French Literature, Havelock
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
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Short Cuts
I look at all of Carver's work as just one story, for his stories are all occurences, all about things that just happen to people and cause their lives to… Continue Reading Posted in: African American Literary Fiction, English Fiction, Literary Short Stories, United States
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