What we talk about when we talk about love

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Paperback, 159 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 1989 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-72305-9
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OCLC Number:
20337157

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4 stars (4 reviews)

In his second collection of stories, as in his first, Carver's characters are peripheral people--people without education, insight or prospects, people too unimaginative to even give up. Carver celebrates these men and women.

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Sad and poignant

4 stars

Haruki Murakami has said that the title story in this collection is his favorite short story. The vibe of this collection of short-stories is uneasy—it left me on edge. Something is about to go wrong. But I was rapt through every story. With austere writing and heartbreaking narrative Carver reveals sad vignettes of lonely protagonists. Definitely worth a read.

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