MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009027291
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008 090706s2009 nyuaf b 001 0beng
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050 00 $aPS3553.A7894$bZ886 2009
082 00 $a813/.54$aB$222
100 1 $aSklenicka, Carol,$d1948-
245 10 $aRaymond Carver :$ba writer's life /$cCarol Sklenicka.
250 $a1st Scribner hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2009.
300 $axi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aA profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.
505 0 $aPt. I: Beginnings. Raymond Junior ; Yakima Valley ; Vocation ; Cigarettes, beer, jazz ; Crazy in love ; Furious years ; A story of he and she ; The Athens of the Midwest -- Pt. II: Search. Grinding and sharpening ; Were those actual miles? ; Luck ; Reading Mark Twain in Tel Aviv ; The sixties end ; A friend in New York -- Pt. III: Success and discontent. A story in Esquire ; The illusion of freedom ; Astounding and amazing times ; Drowning ; Will you please be quiet, please? -- Pt. IV: Recovery. Celebrated and homeless ; Sobriety ; Separation ; Beginning, again ; What we talk about when we talk about love ; Fires -- Pt. V: Triumph. Cathedral ; Where water comes together with other water ; Ultramarine ; Where I'm calling from ; A new path to the waterfall -- Epilogue.
600 10 $aCarver, Raymond,$d1938-1988.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.