{"product_id":"short-cuts-isbn-9780679748649","title":"Short Cuts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom “one of the great short story writers of our time” (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e)—nine stories and a poem that offer a searing portrait of American innocence and loss—and formed the basis for the film “Short Cuts” directed by Robert Altman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Features stories from the collections \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I’m Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall; \u003c\/i\u003eincluding an introduction by Robert Altman.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Robert Altman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNeighbors\u003cbr\u003eThey're Not Your Husband\u003cbr\u003eVitamins\u003cbr\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please?\u003cbr\u003eSo Much Water So Close to Home\u003cbr\u003eA Small, Good Thing\u003cbr\u003eJerry and Molly and Sam\u003cbr\u003eCollectors\u003cbr\u003eTell the Women We're Going\u003cbr\u003eLemonade (poem)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA note on the text\u003c\/i\u003e\"[Carver's stories] can ... be counted among the masterpieces of American Literature.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the great short story writers of our time—of any time.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003eRAYMOND CARVER was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eWill You Please Be Quiet, Please\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and \u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Calling From\u003c\/i\u003e in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died August 2, 1988, shortly after completing the poems of \u003ci\u003eA New Path to the Waterfall.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304449954021,"sku":"NP9780679748649","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679748649.jpg?v=1767736565","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/short-cuts-isbn-9780679748649","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}