Where I'm Calling From

Name: Where I'm Calling From
ISBN: 9780517382134

new and selected stories

by Raymond Carver · first published 1988

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By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story, a writer who had not only found his own voice but imprinted it in the imaginations of thousands of readers. Where I’m Calling From, his last collection, encompasses classic stories from Cathedral, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and earlier Carver volumes, along with seven new works previously unpublished in book form. Together, these 37 stories give us a superb overview of Carver’s life work and show us why he was so widely imitated but neve

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jlc · Nov 4, 2008 · Recommends

…Favorite book? As others have pointed out, this is a ridiculous question -- my favorite kind! Some books I love: Lolita, As I Lay Dying, The Ghost Writer, Goodbye, Columbus, Blood Meridian, Anna Karenina, Where I'm Calling From, Huck Finn, Dubliners and on and on. I read mostly literary novels, but I read fairly widely -- genre stuff (skiffy, crime), history, philosophy, pop science, whatever's good. I average around 1 book…
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trentmb · Jun 14, 2018 · Mentions

…Intruder - Bowles, Paul: The Sheltering Sky - Boyle, T. Coraghessan: The Tortilla Curtain - Bryson, Bill: A Walk in the Woods - Buckley, Christopher: Thank You for Smoking - Carver, Raymond: Where I’m Calling From - Chabon, Michael: Werewolves in Their Youth - Chorlton, Windsor: Latitude Zero - Connelly, Michael: The Poet - Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness - Constantine, K. C.: Family Values - DeLillo,…
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jamesbritt · Sep 1, 2009 · Mentions

…Blank Exhaustive Collection, by Christopher J. Hicks (Fun. Love the art.) * Programming Cocoa with Ruby, by Brian Marick (Tonight I will likely crack this open and see how soon I can code something.) * Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories, by Raymond Carver (Started in, will work slowly through the stories.) Sitting on the floor, beckoning me: * Sunnyside, by Glen David Gold * The Invention of Air, by Steven Johnson
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