Cathedral (stories)

Cathedral

First edition cover, 1983
Author Raymond Carver
Country United States
Language English
Genre Short story
Publisher Knopf
Publication date
1983
Media type Print
Pages 228

Cathedral is the third major-press collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, published in 1983.

Reception

Cathedral was enthusiastically received by critics. In The New York Times book Review, critic Irving Howe wrote:

Mr. Carver has been mostly a writer of strong but limited effects - the sort of writer who shapes and twists his material to a high point of stylization. In his newest collection of stories, Cathedral, there are a few that suggest he is moving toward a greater ease of manner and generosity of feeling; but in most of his work it's his own presence, the hard grip of his will, that is the strongest force. It's not that he imposes moral or political judgments; in that respect, he's quite self-effacing. It's that his abrupt rhythms and compressions come to be utterly decisive."[1]

The stories

The collection contains the following stories:

References

  1. Irving Howe, "Stories of Our Loneliness," The New York Times Book Review, September 11, 1983.

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