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Language English Media type Print Originally published 1983 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Page count 228 | 4.8/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 1983 Pages 228 Genre Short story Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cathedral is the third major-press collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, published in 1983.
Contents
Reception
Cathedral was enthusiastically received by critics. In The New York Times book Review, critic Irving Howe wrote:
Mr. Carver has been mostly a writer of strong but limited effects - the sort of writer who shapes and twists his material to a high point of stylization. In his newest collection of stories, Cathedral, there are a few that suggest he is moving toward a greater ease of manner and generosity of feeling; but in most of his work it's his own presence, the hard grip of his will, that is the strongest force. It's not that he imposes moral or political judgments; in that respect, he's quite self-effacing. It's that his abrupt rhythms and compressions come to be utterly decisive."
The stories
The collection contains the following stories: