Elephant And Other Stories

amazing minus last story… sadly idgaf about chekhov (i’m sure it’s not j about him but point still stands)

I thought I'd already read all of Raymond Carver's short stories. I've read Shortcuts a number of times and the great big volume of stories Where I'm calling from. I thought I knew every Carver moment there was to know. But then I stumbled across a couple of collections in Readings recently and had to read both. The thing about Carver is it's not exactly the stories we remember but the moments - like the man whose wife has just found out he's having an affair, he hasn't slept all night, and in the morning all he can do is rake the neighbour's lawn ... or the husband who doesn't believe it's his wife's handwriting in her goodbye note, and as she's leaving, suitcase in her hand, there's two horses in the front yard. This is real life, made up of moments, not life changing events. The Elephant collection has already been added to my to be read again pile ... and again ... and again ...