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Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

By Raymond Carver
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Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? is a collection of short stories exploring the complexities and subtleties of everyday life. Carver delves into themes of communication, personal relationships, and the quiet desperation found in seemingly ordinary moments. Each story presents glimpses into the lives of various characters, revealing their struggles and inner conflicts with a minimalist and poignant style.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy finely crafted short stories that delve into the complexities of ordinary life and relationships. Raymond Carver is known for his minimalist writing style, focusing on the subtle yet profound emotions experienced by his characters. You'll appreciate how he captures the poignancy and tension within everyday moments, offering a raw and introspective look at human nature.

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With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story.

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With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

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Raymond Carver's Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? is celebrated for its powerful impact and haunting disenchantment, creating a visceral reading experience. Critics see Carver as Chekhov's natural successor, highlighting his keen focus on significant, subtle moments in ordinary lives. His stories are noted for their dry-eyed poignancy and authentic portrayal of the human condition, particularly in relationships, with a style that is distinct yet reminiscent of Hemingway's.

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ISBN: 9780099530343

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His father was a saw-mill worker and his mother was a waitress and clerk. He married early and for years writing had to come second to earning a living for his young family. Despite, small-press publication, it was not until Will You Please Be Quiet Please? appeared in 1976 that his work began to reach a wider audience. This was the year in which he gave up alcohol, which had contributed to the collapse of his marriage. In 1977 he met the writer Tess Gallagher, with whom he shared the last eleven years of his life. During this prolific period he wrote three collections of stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral and Elephant. Fires, a collection of essays, poems and stories, appeared in 1985, followed by three further collections of poetry. In 1988 he completed the poetry collection A New Path to the Waterfall.

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