Bibliographic Description
84.09.W001: Raymond Carver – Cathedral
CATHEDRAL | STORIES | Raymond Carver | Vintage Contemporaries | VINTAGE BOOKS • A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE • NEW YORK
First Vintage Books Edition, September 1984
120 leaves, pp. [10] 1-4 5-228 [2] [only odd-numbered pages numbered from 5-228]
Contents: π1a blurbs and author photo, π1b “ALSO AVAILABLE IN VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES”, π2a half-title, π2b blank, π3a title-page, π3b imprint, π4a dedication “FOR TESS GALLAGHER | AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN GARDNER”, π4b blank, π5a table of contents, π5b blank, 1fly-title, 2blank, 3-228 Cathedral: 3-26 “Feathers”, 27-33 “Chef’s House”, 34 blank, 35-46 “Preservation”, 47-58 “The Compartment”, 59-89 “A Small, Good Thing”, 90 blank, 91-109 “Vitamins”, 110 blank, 111-125 “Careful”, 126 blank, 127-146 “Where I’m Calling From”, 147-156 “The Train”, 157-186 “Fever”, 187-208 “The Bridle”, 209-228 “Cathedral”; χ 1a blank, χ 1b about the author.
Cover design by Lorraine Louie; cover illustration by Marc Tauss; interior author photo by Kelly Wise.
Copyright: 1981, 1982, 1983 ©. ISBN: 394-71281-1. Price: $6.95. Cathedral was first published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
Copies: JDP 1.1 (presumed)
Blurbs
- (front cover) One of the great short story writers of our time–any time. – The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Cathedral contains astonishing achievements, which bespeak a writer expanding his range and intentions. – The Boston Globe
- A dozen stories that overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life….Carver is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty…his eye set only on describing and revealing the world as he sees it. His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart. – Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
- A few of Mr. Carver’s stories can already be counted among the masterpieces of American fiction…Cathedral shows a gifted writer struggling for a larger scope of reference, a finer touch of nuance. – Irving Howe, front page, The New York Times Book Review
- Carver is more than a realist; there is, in some of his stories, a strangeness, the husk of a myth. – The Los Angeles Times
- Written in the simplest of styles, mirroring the language of everyday, [these stories] possess an awesome mesmerizing power. Out of the moments when good luck runs out, Carver makes the highest art. – Dan Cryer, Newsday