Cathedral (stories)
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Cathedral is a collection of short stories by American
writer Raymond Carver
published in 1984.
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writer Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. Carver is considered a major American writer of the late 20th century and also a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s....
published in 1984.
The stories
The collection contains the following stories:- "Feathers"
- "Chef's HouseChef's House- Summary :Wes, a middle-aged man, goes to live by the ocean as he tries to recover from his alcoholism. He rents a house from another recovered alcoholic, Chef, and calls his wife, Edna, who he has not been with in over two years, to come and live with him...
" - "Preservation"
- "The Compartment"
- "A Small, Good Thing"
- "Vitamins"Vitamins (short story)"Vitamins" is a short story by Raymond Carver that was originally published in 1984 in his collection titled Cathedral.- The Story :Vitamins begins with an unnamed male narrator telling the story of how his wife starts a home business selling vitamins. His wife Patti starts selling vitamins because...
- "Careful"
- "Where I'm Calling FromWhere I'm Calling From"Where I'm Calling From" is a short story by American author Raymond Carver. The story focuses on the effects of alcohol. Throughout this story Carver experiments with the use of quotation and meditates on the healing factors of storytelling...
" - "The Train"
- "Fever"
- "The Bridle"
- "CathedralCathedral (story)"Cathedral" is a short story written by American writer and poet Raymond Carver in 1983. It is included in the anthology of the same name.-Plot summary:...
" - Narrated by a man whose wife is old friends with a blind man, the story shows the husband/narrator's distaste for the blind man who is coming to visit him and his wife for a few days. At times it seems that the man is jealous of the blind man for being so close to his wife; at other times it seems that the husband is disgusted by the man's blindness. In the end they bond in a way through the communication they share about what a cathedral looks like.