5. “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver First published inThe Atlantic Monthlyin 1981,“Cathedral”is today known as one of Raymond Carver’s finest works. When it opens, we meet a narrator whose wife is expecting a visit from an old friend, a blind man. Dissatisfied and distrusting of people ...
Cathedral by Raymond Carver— Because Raymond Carver wrote short stories, he’s never included in any ‘top novels’ lists. And that’s a shame. Most people have heard about his classic What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. But Cathedral makes you think more. My favorite Carver coll...
straightforward prose and focus on the lives of ordinary people in small-town America. His most famous works includeWhat We Talk About When We Talk About LoveandCathedral, which are highly influential in contemporary American literature.