What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

by Raymond Carver

1981•Drama•159 pages

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticsimpleenclosedcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosiontroubled leads

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Boxlist takeIntimate and realistic: an original novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

In his second collection of stories, as in his first, Carver's characters are peripheral people--people without education, insight or prospects, people too unimaginative to even give up. Carver celebrates these men and women.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaRomanceComplex relationshipSelf destruction/implosionTroubled leads

Subjects

Translations from AmericanKorean Short storiesAmerican Short storiesManners and customsShort storiesChinese language materials

Details

Author
Raymond Carver
Published
1981
Pages
159
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