Ray Carver short stories.
How long does it take to write like Ray Carver?
I read "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," in my 20s. Totally didn't get it. Wasn't ready for it. And now in my 40s and I am just blown away and depressed by his stories.
Just finished "Short Cuts," and in the middle of "Cathedral."
Just. Quiet desperation. General unease. Characters who should be happy, but are not. And can't put a finger on why not. As if to ask, "Is this it? Is this all there is?"
As Walter Mosley says in his novel writing book, great stories are about transcendence and about us. Carver stories are that and more. And that's why it's so depressing and good. And they are all so similar and they just linger, too.
Gotta go the "Short Cuts" DVD, too.
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