Short Cuts

Short Cuts

About the Book

From “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)—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.

With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (The New York Review of Books).

Features stories from the collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I’m Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and A New Path to the Waterfall; including an introduction by Robert Altman.
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Praise for Short Cuts

"[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature." —The New York Times Book Review

“One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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About the Author

Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and Where I'm Calling From 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 A New Path to the Waterfall. More by Raymond Carver
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Robert Altman
Robert Altman (1925–2006) was a renowned director and screenwriter best known for his subversive and genre-bending works, such as Nashville and MASH, that often included large ensemble castsIn recognition for his long career and impactful films, he received the Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006. He wrote the introduction to Short Cuts, a collection of stories by Raymond Carver that were adapted into the film of the same name directed by Altman. More by Robert Altman
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