Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Raymond Carver : a writer's life / Carol Sklenicka.

by Sklenicka, Carol, 1948-

View full image

Scribner, 2009.

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

9780743262453 (alk. paper)

9780743262460 (trade paper : alk. paper)

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

xi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I: Beginnings. Raymond Junior ; Yakima Valley ; Vocation ; Cigarettes, beer, jazz ; Crazy in love ; Furious years ; A story of he and she ; The Athens of the Midwest -- Pt. II: Search. Grinding and sharpening ; Were those actual miles? ; Luck ; Reading Mark Twain in Tel Aviv ; The sixties end ; A friend in New York -- Pt. III: Success and discontent. A story in Esquire ; The illusion of freedom ; Astounding and amazing times ; Drowning ; Will you please be quiet, please? -- Pt. IV: Recovery. Celebrated and homeless ; Sobriety ; Separation ; Beginning, again ; What we talk about when we talk about love ; Fires -- Pt. V: Triumph. Cathedral ; Where water comes together with other water ; Ultramarine ; Where I'm calling from ; A new path to the waterfall -- Epilogue.

A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal