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Raymond Carver [electronic resource] : an oral biography / Sam Halpert.

Summary:

Raymond Carver has become a literary icon for our time. When he died in 1988 at the age of fifty, he was acclaimed as the greatest influence on the American short story since Hemingway. Carver's friends were the stuff of legend as well. In this rich collection—greatly expanded from the earlier When We Talk about Raymond Carver—of interviews with close companions, acquaintances, and family, Sam Halpert has chronologically arranged the reminiscences of Carver's adult life, recalling his difficult “Bad Raymond” days through his second life as a recovering alcoholic

Record details

  • ISBN: 1587290995 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781587290992 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)
  • Publisher: Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, c1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-User.
Enl. ed. of: ... When we talk about Raymond Carver. 1st ed. 1991.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction; Dick Day; Donald Justice; John Leggett; William Kittredge; Leonard Michaels; Douglas Unger; Donald Justice; Chuck Kinder; Scott Turow; William Kittredge; Maryann Carver; Chris Carver; Douglas Unger; Richard Ford; Tobias Wolff; Geoffrey Wolff; Stephen Dobyns; Douglas Unger; Geoffrey Wolff; Robert Stone; Jay McInerney; Maryann Carver; Dick Day; William Kittredge; Tobias Wolff; Richard Ford; Leonard Michaels; Richard Ford; Stephen Dobyns; Chris Carver; Geoffrey Wolff; Chuck Kinder; Douglas Unger; Tobias Wolff; Maryann Carver; Dick Day;
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Friends and associates > Interviews.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Criticism and interpretation.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Interviews > Friends and associates.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Criticism and interpretation.
Carver, Raymond B. > Interviews > Friends and associates.
Carver, Raymond B. > Criticism and interpretation.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Amis et relations > Entretiens.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Critique et interprétation.
Carver, Raymond.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Electronic books.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Interview.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Electronic books.
Genre: Electronic books.


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