Fires is the best introduction to the full range and humanity of carver's writing. It contains four essays, including a moving memoir of his father's working life in the saw-mills of the Pacific Northwest, a tribute to his mentor, John gardner, and a title essay about the influences on his writing life; fifty poems and seven stories, including three from the earlier collection Furious Seasons. Of himself, carver wrote- "I began as a poet. My first publication was a poem. So I suppose on my tombstone I'd be very pleased if ...
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Fires is the best introduction to the full range and humanity of carver's writing. It contains four essays, including a moving memoir of his father's working life in the saw-mills of the Pacific Northwest, a tribute to his mentor, John gardner, and a title essay about the influences on his writing life; fifty poems and seven stories, including three from the earlier collection Furious Seasons. Of himself, carver wrote- "I began as a poet. My first publication was a poem. So I suppose on my tombstone I'd be very pleased if they put 'Poet and short-story writer - and occasional essayist'. In that order." Amongst many other pleasures it gives, this collection shows why.
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One of Carver's best books. His classic book is something every fan should read and reread. Raymond Carver has the ability to touch you down to the marrow of your soul.
