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A review by vanessakm
Short Cuts: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
4.0
This short story (and one poem) collection was the basis for the Altman film of the same title. You probably know this if you are a Carver fan, but this is collection is selected reprints from earlier works, not original material.
Carver's fiction is a bit touch and go for me, but when his stuff is working, it's devastating perfection. And included here are some of my favorite stories of his: "A Small Good Thing","So Much Water So Close to Home", "Jerry and Molly and Sam", "Tell the Women We're Going" (That last one is so good, but holyshitthatending. Have you ever screamed at a book? I have.)
Since we're talking about him anyway, I really continue to feel the loss of Robert Altman. Like my opinion of Carver, I didn't love all of his movies (am I the only person who didn't really like The Player or Gosford Park?) As far as Altman films go, Short Cuts was one of my favorites, but it's a close race with a few others: MASH, Nashville, A Wedding.
Carver's fiction is a bit touch and go for me, but when his stuff is working, it's devastating perfection. And included here are some of my favorite stories of his: "A Small Good Thing","So Much Water So Close to Home", "Jerry and Molly and Sam", "Tell the Women We're Going" (That last one is so good, but holyshitthatending. Have you ever screamed at a book? I have.)
Since we're talking about him anyway, I really continue to feel the loss of Robert Altman. Like my opinion of Carver, I didn't love all of his movies (am I the only person who didn't really like The Player or Gosford Park?) As far as Altman films go, Short Cuts was one of my favorites, but it's a close race with a few others: MASH, Nashville, A Wedding.