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  • Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

  • By: Brian Evenson
  • Narrated by: Brian Evenson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
  • 2.8 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Brian Evenson
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Summary

A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature. In his entry in the esteemed Bookmarked series, acclaimed author Brian Evenson offers his personal and literary take on this classic Carver collection.

©2018 Brian Evenson (P)2022 Audible, Inc.
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Not Robert carvers book

I thought this was the original book with a prologue but it isn’t - it’s a different book

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Not Raymond Carver

This isn’t Raymond Carver’s stories. It’s Brian Evenson’s experience of them. Narration is nice though.

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about the author not his stories

Good summary of raymond carvers books to whet your appetite. However you are looking for his stories. look elsewhere.

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Not the book

Delightfully deceiving description masterfully crafted for the inattentive. I blame everyone but myself. You got me, Mr. Evenson.

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Disappointment

I wanted Carver not Evenson. I should have read the reviews. All the same I feel a bit cheated and that you should give me my credit back.

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