Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Stories

By: Raymond Carver

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new life into the American short story and instantly became both the recognized master of the form and one of our best-loved fiction writers. Carver shows us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the classics of our time.

©1991 Tess Gallagher (P)2017 Tantor

Yes!

I rather enjoyed these stories. Albeit short stories are usually frustrating because they lead you in then desert you in a foreign landscape, I think the title of the book was true to the theme and absolved some of the guilt of the inherent abandonment. Yeah, I liked them, and the narrator as well.

RaymondCarver

Masterful story teller. Catches human’s most basic primitive instincts in a modern world. Stories are like a contemporary abstract painting which leaves the viewer/reader with the interpretation and conclusion up to them. Few writers have this gift.

I kept thinking horror

I know these aren't horror stories, spooky or jumpy, but they capture horror better than most short stories in that genre. I'm not saying that in a bad way. These stories are realistic and for the most part perfectly shaped scoops of life and decisions and dread. It's a superb collection.

Ignore the Dietz haters

Completely bypass the negative comments about Norman Dietz from some of these supposed critics. Who knows what they were looking for in a narrator and who cares. He does a fantastic job and no emotion or humor is lost from the stories with his voice.
If you are new to Carvers writings be prepared for abrupt endings that may make you feel like either missed something or the recording cut out. It is written this way with purpose, and concentration on character. This may be off putting to those who look for formulaic style like you were taught in school. Carver is advanced literature but completely accessible to anyone who appreciates the art of writing.

I guess I don't get Carver

I felt most of his stories stopped short of having a point. Narration wasn't great