Why Don’t You Dance? (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Raymond Carver
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: Surrealism, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Separation, Voyeurism
- Locales: United States
This first story in Carver's controversial collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is characteristic of the qualities of his short fiction at the high point of his career. The story begins with an unidentified man who has, for some unexplained reason, put all of his furniture out on his front lawn. What makes this event more than merely a yard sale is the fact that the man has arranged the furniture exactly as it was when it was in the house and has even plugged in the television and other appliances so that they work as they did inside. The only mention of the...
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