{"product_id":"fires-essays-poems-stories-paperback","title":"Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Carver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of the great short story writers of our time--of any time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e)--comes more than sixty stories, poems, and essays, including two early versions from the seminal collection, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Show[s] the enormous talent of Raymond Carver beginning to take hold.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wide-ranging collection by the extravagantly versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories that were later significantly revised in \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love \u003c\/i\u003eappear here in their original form, revealing clearly the astounding process of Carver's literary development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou should read Fires now. These stories and poems...show the enormous talent of Raymond Carver beginning to take hold. \u003cbr\u003e-- San Francisco Chronicle \u003cbr\u003e\"Seminal in Carver studies...A disparate collection of work bound by a unity of vision and obsession.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Los Angeles Herald Examiner \u003cbr\u003e\"Carver's most revealing book...This collection confirms the worth of Raymond Carver's work...Like bright birds in distant trees, Carver's stories appear in flashes, glimpses; Fires reveals the arc of his purposeful flight.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAYMOND CARVER was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and \u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Calling From\u003c\/i\u003e in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died August 2, 1988, shortly after completing the poems of \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44839810072678,"sku":"9780679722397","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eDZqWVFFNjVjM0VrZjB1SU1WOGI0dz09.webp?v=1772517020","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/fires-essays-poems-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}