- Published: 1 December 2009
- ISBN: 9780099530367
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $19.99
Fires
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- Published: 1 December 2009
- ISBN: 9780099530367
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $19.99
These stories are perfect in pitch and tone. However harrowing their subject, or broken their characters, all of them revive one's faith in the redemptive power of straight story-telling
Bruce Chatwin
Carver's poetry is non-metrical, free as prose... It works well and reads beautifully
Independent
Carver is a master; his stories are word perfect. His sentences stalk out meaning, following a trail of clues with patient care and painful anticipation. Fires [is] an indispensable volume and provides further proof of Carver's stature as a major American writer
New Statesman