What We Talk About When We Talk About Love | Characters
The characters in these stories are typically unable to deal with the downturns in their fortunes. Hopeless and desperate, they search for the something they feel is missing in their lives, without being able to find it. They are unable to satisfy their yearning, partly because it remains vague and inchoate, and partly because they lack the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual resources necessary to identify and correct their deficiencies.
Some of Carver's characters do not even attempt to improve their lot. Others, like the divorced husband in "A Serious Talk," try to...
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