First published 1993
In "Short Cuts," Raymond Carver weaves a tapestry of ordinary lives quietly unraveling. A woman grapples with her husband's infidelity. A family mourns the loss of their patriarch. A man confronts the ghosts of his past. Against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, these characters navigate the complexities of love, loss, and the surprising moments that define us. Carver's precise, unsentimental prose lays bare the emotional core of the human experience.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: complex-relationships, ordinary-lives
Setting: Pacific Northwest
Period: 20th-Century
157 pages · Paperback · Vintage