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Where I'm Calling From
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Where I'm Calling From (1988) (edit title/settings)

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by Raymond Carver (Author) (edit contributors)

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A major collection of Carver's short stories, including seven new stories written shortly before the author's death in 1988.

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  • “That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.”
    Duane, "Gazebo"
  • “They stayed there. They held each other. They leaned into the door as if against a wind, and braced themselves.”
    "Neighbors"

First Sentence edit see section history

I could hear them out in the kitchen.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I. Selected Stories
Nobody Said Anything
Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes
The Student's Wife
They're Not Your Husband
What Do You Do in San Francisco?
Fat
What's in Alaska?
Neighbors
Put Yourself in My Shoes
Collectors
Why, Honey?
Are These Actual Miles?
Gazebo
One More Thing
Little Things
Why Don't You Dance?
A Serious Talk
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Distance
The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off
So Much Water So Close to Home
The Calm
Vitamins
Careful
Where I'm Calling From
Chef's House
Fever
Feathers
Cathedral
A Small, Good Thing

II. New Stories
Boxes
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Intimacy
Menudo
Elephant
Blackbird Pie
Errand

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in New York Times Best American Fiction 1981-2006. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Raymond Carver (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0871132168
Page Count: 411

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  • Library of Congress: PS3553.A7894 W43 1988
  • Dewey: 813.54

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