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RaymondCarver's"WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutLove"CommentarybyKarenBernardoRaymondCarver'sshortstory"WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutLove"takesplaceinonesitting,ormoreprecisely,onepre-dinnerdrinkingb
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RaymondCarverRaymondCarverwasamanoffewwords.Oftencharacterizedbyaneconomythatborderedonausterity,Carver’sstorieswereshortandplainlywritten,andhisterseproselentitselfperfectlytohisfavoritesubject:working-classAmerica.Asidefrompoetry,whichwaswritteninthesameno-frillsstyle,Carverdevotedhimselfexclusivelytoshortstories.WhatreallysetCarverapartfromotherauthors,however,washisexplorationofthedarksideofAmericana.Inthesimplelivesofsmalltownfolk,Carveruncoveredtheviolence,rage,andlonelinesslurkingjustbeneaththesurface.Likemanywriters,hisposthumousreputationhasgrownexponentially,anditisimpossibletoimagineanyseriousstudyoftheshortstorythatdoesnotincludetheextraordinaryworkofRaymondCarver.