"Carver's gifts as a storyteller shine through his poetry" ( Los Angeles Times ) in this collection that moves from the beauty of the world to thoughts of mortality and family and art. One of Raymond Carver's final collections of poetry, this collection "has the astonished, chastened...
"Mr. Carver is heir to that most appealing American poetic voice, the lyricism of Theodore Roethke and James Wright.... this book is a treasure, one to return to. No one's brevity is as rich, as complete, as Raymond Carver's." --New York Times Book Review "Carver's gifts as a...