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| | Raymond Carver discussion transcripts |
 | | One such character, Burt, in the story "A Serious Talk," is frustrated in his attempt to speak with his ex-wife and so, as a substitute, he tries to incinerate her home by stacking the fireplace full of pressed logs, throwing in a match, and walking out on Christmas Eve. |
 | | Even though much of his fiction continues to be in the words of one critic, "bleak, spare, and unforgiving," the change nevertheless occurred, allowing Carver to write his most famous stories, such as "A Small Good Thing" and "Cathedral." These stories embody a new hopefulness. |
 | | That he was so driven to being a writer that that tended to win, with a great deal of guilt. |
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