{"product_id":"cathedral-stories-9780679723691","title":"Cathedral: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - Twelve short stories that mark a turning point in the work of \"one of the true American masters\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A writer of astonishing compassion and honesty ... His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable collection that includes the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. These twelve stories \"overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAYMOND CARVER was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and \u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Calling From\u003c\/i\u003e in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died August 2, 1988, shortly after completing the poems of \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611091669266,"sku":"9780679723691","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6a9d2f2-698f-41da-bce0-03bd82bd95f5.jpg?v=1732356776","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cathedral-stories-9780679723691","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}