{"product_id":"where-im-calling-from-9780679722311","title":"Where I'm Calling from","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe final story collection from \"one of the great short story writers of our time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e) features classic stories from \u003ci\u003eCathedral, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, \u003c\/i\u003eand earlier volumes. - \"Among the masterpieces of American fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story, a writer who had not only found his own voice but imprinted it in the imaginations of thousands of readers. \u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Calling From, \u003c\/i\u003e his last collection, includes seven new works previously unpublished in book form. Together, these 37 stories give us a superb overview of Carver's life work and show us why he was so widely imitated but never equaled.\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":50617149456658,"sku":"9780679722311","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1be1315-2d71-49af-acfb-a5849397b805.jpg?v=1732512409","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-im-calling-from-9780679722311","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}