Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories Summary and Reviews

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories
by Raymond Carver

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories
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Author: Raymond Carver
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-06-09
ISBN: 0679735690
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Vintage

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Book Review: In the presence of greatness.
Summary: 5 Stars

...It is a conundrum that some of our greatest writers are so under-read if you like.

What you get with RAYMOND CARVER is a deep insight into human behaviour and emotion. His stories are often set around the mundane and frequently have no satisfactory resolution of the problems/situations that confront the main characters , but what a web this man spins. It is the sign of greaatness to do all of the above in such simple but effective language.

His style of writing is so different , that you may find like I did , that initially you are confused by the stories within this book. Persist. It took me about three stories until I skipped to THE STUDENT'S WIFE and then followed this by reading BICYCLES , MUSCLES, CIGARETTES .

SMACK!

They literally blew me away.

Buy this book and treasure the wisdom within I am not a re-reader of books but I found myself reading this again .

Rest in peace RAYMOND CARVER . You brought a devasting original voice into the short story form , and for that I salute you.

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