Raymond Carver
Subtitle: a writer's life
By: Carol Sklenicka.
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9780743262453; 9780743262460; 9781439160589
Subjects: Carver, Raymond, -- 1938-1988; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: Pt. III: Success and discontent.  A story in Esquire ; The illusion of freedom ; Astounding and amazing times ; Drowning ; Will you please be quiet, please?; title: Pt. IV: Recovery.  Celebrated and homeless ; Sobriety ; Separation ; Beginning, again ; What we talk about when we talk about love ; Fires; title: Pt. V: Triumph.  Cathedral ; Where water comes together with other water ; Ultramarine ; Where I'm calling from ; A new path to the waterfall; title: Epilogue.