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Loading... Cathedral (original 1983; edition 1989)by Raymond Carver
Work InformationCathedral: Stories by Raymond Carver (1983)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I never realized that Altman's Short Cuts was a rip on Carver's stories. Had I known that earlier I would've been less impressed with Altman! ( ) No carece de mérito provocar cierta tensión en el lector mientras se narran sucesos triviales o que el lector sospeche que una sombra de amenaza se cierne sobre los personajes en situaciones anodinas, comunes. Nada más, cuando la fractura de la vida cotidiana se abate sobre un personaje el relato continúa impertérrito. Nada provoca la reflexión o la pasión trágica. La realidad se impone como una fría losa y la exposición que Carver hace de ella con su estilo contenido nos aleja de cualquier empatía para con los personajes. Relatos que se contemplan desde la lejanía, desde el otro lado del muro, y seguramente se olviden pronto. Efímeros no por extensión sino por la escasa huella que dejan.
The Cathedral is a story of how a man, known as the narrator, overcomes his predisposition towards a culture that is unknown to him. From the beginning, the narrator does not like Robert, and he really has no reason for it. He has his stereotypes that he sticks to in the beginning, until Robert starts to prove many of them false. It is apparent that the narrator is very big on appearance, and this is shown through his fascination that a blind man had a beard. Later in the story, the narrator also points out that Robert did not wear sunglasses or use a cane. The narrator thought about how pitiful Roberts wife was, and how awful their relationship must have been because she would never receive a compliment based on her looks by her loved one. This shows what type of a husband he is, and what he values in his marriage. The narrator doesn't seem to have many friends, and his wife even points this out, and he seems to drink and smoke a lot. Although he can see, in comparison, he seems like the blind one. Although Robert is physically blind, he is a real jack of trades. He hasn't let his blindness get in the way of his happiness and it just goes to show that you can be blind, and still truly see. The narrator begins to understand this at the end of the story when he draws the cathedral with Robert and begins to bridge the gap between himself and true understanding. Is contained inContainsAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. These twelve stories mark a turning point in Carver's work and "overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life. . . . Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty. . . . his eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World). No library descriptions found. |
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