{"product_id":"short-cuts-selected-stories-paperback","title":"Short Cuts: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Carver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Altman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of the great short story writers of our time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e)--nine stories and a poem that offer a searing portrait of American innocence and loss--and formed the basis for the film \"Short Cuts\" directed by Robert Altman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of \"one of the true contemporary masters\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Features stories from the collections \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I'm Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall; \u003c\/i\u003eincluding an introduction by Robert Altman.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.05 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756891210016,"sku":"9780679748649","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/efdbf019987aed534115d4de6517d251.webp?v=1780088477","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/short-cuts-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}