![]() ![]() Domestic situations-mostly of leaving, of disappointing-predominate, narrated often in the form of one character telling another a story of self-compromise which neither of them can wholly bear. The speech-like titles-"Why Don't You Dance?," "Tell the Women We're Going," "I Could See the Smallest Things," "One More Thing"-act as false reassurances, dishes from under which Carver yanks the tablecloth. ![]() Scary in how quickly they unfold, the stories prove to contain within their small dimensions a frequent radicalism of emotion, a back-against-the-wall-ness that's startling. Carver's spare voice remains distinctive in this new collection of stories (Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, 1977, was his first). ![]()
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