Reviews

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

tarrowood's review against another edition

5.0

Carver is an artist at sketching a simple world, and then allowing his simple words and the simple objects to be given a beauty and magic that are on the verge of being incomprehensible — in a beautiful sense. This short story collection stunned and connected with me. I feel indebted to Carver’s art.

Top Stories:
Cathedral
The Bridle
A Small, Good Thing
Preservation

aarikdanielsen's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

moviesnob04's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

petty_anthropology's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

k3atr0g2608's review against another edition

4.0

Raymond Carver is a new favorite short story writer. I liked how he was able to express real human emotion with small, bare sentences. That's a hard thing to do as a writer and he accomplishes it (in my opinion) better than Hemingway.

palmpages's review against another edition

5.0

I personally took my time reading these short stories (every few days) just so I could savour Carver's brilliant words. My favourites were, "Feathers," "Fever," and "Cathedral." This collection of Carver's short stories addresses and explores common issues we tend to struggle with in our everyday lives: particularly love, loss, and alcoholism. I appreciated this short story collection and can hardly wait to delve into his other works.

maritzw's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sterocca01's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

elisham's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

psinoza's review against another edition

5.0

"Kuşkusuz içki içmek konusunda (diğer yazarlar arasında) dolaşan bir mitoloji var ama ben buna hiç bulaşmadım. Ben içki içme işinin tam içine girdim. Aşırı miktarda içki içmeye, sanırım, hayatta kendim ve yazdıklarım için, karım ve çocuklarım için olmasını en çok istediğim şeylerin asla olmayacağını fark ettiğim zaman başladım."

http://www.yazihaneden.com/2014/08/butun-bir-raymond-carvera-yarim-bir-cumartesi-gunu-saygisi/