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Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976) was the first major-press short-story collection by American writer Raymond Carver.Described by contemporary critics as a foundational text of minimalist fiction, its stories offered an incisive and influential telling of disenchantment in the mid-century American working class.
Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver . The film is set in Los Angeles , in contrast to the original Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories.
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet.He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976.
In adapting Raymond Carver, Robert Altman crafted the ultimate actors’ movie—even 30 years later. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
The short story "Neighbors" by Raymond Carver has a plot that follows the exploits of Bill and Arlene Miller who are left to take care of the Stone's apartment. The plot is chronological and despite a few memories of the characters, the action begins when the Stones leave for their trip and ends after the Millers have gone through their apartment.
The bibliography of Raymond Carver consists of 72 short stories, 306 poems, a novel fragment, a one-act play, a screenplay co-written with Tess Gallagher, and 32 pieces of non-fiction (essays, a meditation, introductions, and book reviews).
Short Cuts; Short Cuts: Selected Stories, a 1993 compilation of stories by Raymond Carver to accompany the film Short Cuts by Robert Altman; Short Cut, by John Denton, illustrated by Margery Gill 1980; The Short Cut, by Ennio Flaiano 1950; The Short Cut, by Jackson Gregory 1916; Short Cuts, a service by Safari Books Online
Cathedral is the third major-press collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, published in 1983. [1] It received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction .