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American Masters: The Short Stories of Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike

American Masters: The Short Stories of Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike

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American Masters: The Short Stories of Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike

American Masters: The Short Stories of Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike

Penned By Raymond Carver
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The Short Stories of Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike5 cassettes / 7 1/2 hoursUnabridged short storiesThree American masters of the short story - Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike, brought together for the first time in one deluxe audio collection.Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver, read by Peter RiegertFew American writers are more admired than the late Raymond Carver. InWhere I'm Calling From, his highly acclaimed short story collection, Carver displays an astonishing genius. His stories are populated by characters living in an unforgivable world, suffering the burdens of displacement, divorce, despair. These people snarl and bark and speak in bursts of rough-and-tumble dialogue. They are everybody, anybody, nobody. A final testament to Carver's towering talent, Where I'm Calling From is a mesmerizing masterpiece of fiction drama, and poetry.The Stories of John Cheever, read by Maria Tucci"[John Cheever is] a master storyteller." - TimeA selection of the incomparable short fiction that has, together with his novels, secured John Cheever's place among the foremost writers of our time. The stories included on this AudioBook are "The Enormous Radio", "O Youth and Beauty!", "Just One More Time", "A Woman Without a Country", and "The Worm in the Apple".Selected Stories by John Updike, read by the AuthorJohn Updike reads six stories, including "A&P", recounting a moral crisis at the checkout counter; "Pigeon Feathers"; "The Family Meadow"; " The Witness"; "The Alligators" and "Separating," which recounts the June day when Richard andJoanMaple separate, in front of their children. Mr. Updike, when asked to describe his method of reading aloud, said "I try to picture the things described, and to speak the words distinctly, and to let the emotion come through on its won."The method works beautifully.* American Masters also includes a 30-minute audio sampler of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, performed by Jeremy Irons

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Length 5 Pages
Released November 3, 1998
Identifier (ISBN) 11688
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Raymond Carver is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Raymond Carver can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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