Raymond Carver : an oral biography / Sam Halpert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halpert, Sam, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988--Friends and associates--Interviews.

Carver, Raymond.

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Raymond Carver has become a literary icon for our time. When he died in 1988 at the age of fifty, he was acclaimed as the greatest influence on the American short story since Hemingway. Carver's friends were the stuff of legend as well. In this rich collection-greatly expanded from the earlier When We Talk about Raymond Carver-of interviews with close companions, acquaintances, and family, Sam Halpert has chronologically arranged the reminiscences of Carver's adult life, recalling his difficult "Bad Raymond" days through his second life as a recovering alcoholic and triu

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Dick Day; Donald Justice; John Leggett; William Kittredge; Leonard Michaels; Douglas Unger; Donald Justice; Chuck Kinder; Scott Turow; William Kittredge; Maryann Carver; Chris Carver; Douglas Unger; Richard Ford; Tobias Wolff; Geoffrey Wolff; Stephen Dobyns; Douglas Unger; Geoffrey Wolff; Robert Stone; Jay McInerney; Maryann Carver; Dick Day; William Kittredge; Tobias Wolff; Richard Ford; Leonard Michaels; Richard Ford; Stephen Dobyns; Chris Carver; Geoffrey Wolff; Chuck Kinder; Douglas Unger; Tobias Wolff; Maryann Carver; Dick Day

Notes:

Enl. ed. of: ...When we talk about Raymond Carver. 1st ed. 1991.

ISBN:

9781587290992

1587290995

OCLC:

44962431