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Short Cuts

Selected Stories

By Raymond Carver
Introduction by Robert Altman

By Raymond Carver
Introduction by Robert Altman

By Raymond Carver
Introduction by Robert Altman

By Raymond Carver
Introduction by Robert Altman

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Paperback $16.00

Sep 14, 1993 | ISBN 9780679748649

Ebook $12.99

May 25, 2015 | ISBN 9781101970560

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    About Short Cuts

    The nine stories and one poem collected in this volume formed the basis for the astonishingly original film “Short Cuts” directed by Robert Altman. Collected altogether in this volume, these stories form a searing and indelible portrait of American innocence and loss. From the collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I’m Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and A New Path to the Waterfall; including an introduction by Robert Altman. With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (The New York Review of Books).  

    About Short Cuts

    The nine stories and one poem collected in this volume formed the basis for the astonishingly original film “Short Cuts” directed by Robert Altman. Collected altogether in this volume, these stories form a searing and indelible portrait of American innocence and loss. From the collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I’m Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and A New Path to the Waterfall; including an introduction by Robert Altman. With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (The New York Review of Books).  

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    Beginners
    What We Talk About When We Talk About Love / Beginners
    Call If You Need Me
    All of Us
    Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
    See all books by Raymond Carver

    About Raymond Carver

    Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize… More about Raymond Carver

    About Raymond Carver

    Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize… More about Raymond Carver

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 14, 1993 | 160 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679748649

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    May 25, 2015 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9781101970560

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    Table Of Contents

    Introduction by Robert Altman

    Neighbors
    They’re Not Your Husband
    Vitamins
    Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
    So Much Water So Close to Home
    A Small, Good Thing
    Jerry and Molly and Sam
    Collectors
    Tell the Women We’re Going
    Lemonade (poem)

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