Where I’m Calling From (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Raymond Carver
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Parents and children, Nature, Authors or writers, Death or dying, Pacific Northwest, Fishing or fishermen, Wildlife, Outdoor life, Outdoor recreation
- Locales: United States
Critical Evaluation:
With Raymond Carver’s death from lung cancer on August 2, 1988 (at the age of fifty), American letters lost a major voice. Carver is credited with beginning the renaissance of realism in the short story, countering the experimental fiction of the 1960’s with a carefully observed, clean prose that inspired a generation of writers after him. Though he published his first story, “Pastoral,” in 1963, his first short-story collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? did not appear until 1976. One year later, the collection was nominated for the...
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