Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

Pages: 450
Published: 1988

A man dropped off at a rehabilitation center by his girlfriend, who is not his wife, listens as another patient recounts the toll his alcoholism has taken on his marriage and family. The story ends with the narrator deciding whether to call his wife or his girlfriend, a choice that underscores the ambiguity of his relationship with both women and his own addiction.

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Short Stories

Raymond Carver

Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in the literary world. It was followed by Cathedral (1983), which Carver considered his watershed and is widely regarded as his masterpiece. The definit...