What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThis powerful collection of stories, set in the mid West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial narration and razor sharp sense of how people really communicate, the collection was to become one of the most influential literary works of the 1980s.

schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much

He has now also found love again amidst the sadness and grief

Will Klein lost the love of his life and his brother in the same moment

Set during the outbreak of the Second World War

innovating along the way

though some may address the relationship or suggest writing something about each other

The unforgettable His Dark Materials trilogy that began with The Golden Compass and continued with The Subtle Knife

unsmart and comfortable

whether death can be good for our careers and why we eventually turn into our parents

The World as Power

Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture

His writings often blend Eastern spiritual traditions with contemporary issues