Atlantic Monthly Press/126 pgs
First Edition (paperback)
Good condition
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Raymond Carver, author of Where I’m Calling From, which The New York Times praised as “among the masterpieces of American fiction,” is widely considered one of the great short story writers of our time. A New Path to the Waterfall was Carver’s last book, and shows a writer of “astonishing compassion and honesty” (Washington Post Book World) telling the truth as best as he knows how in the time left to him. The sixty-odd poems in this collection are linked by Carver with selections from other writers, most notably Chekhov, whose work was an inspiration and a guide, and by the cumulative force of the life and death questions he poses in them.
In her introductory essay, Tess Gallagher, Carver’s companion and fellow writer, lays out the circumstances of their last years together with matter-of-fact grace. The arc of the circumstances of this collection—celebrating happiness in one’s love and work, memory, false starts and redemption, leavetaking and the full apprehension of death—describes a human journey in the words of this modern master.
As Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet guided countless readers discovering their true love and work, Carver’s book will guide those in the process of celebrating a limited life and mourning the inescapable end of it. A New Path to the Waterfall is an essential book for those who admire Carver’s work, and testament to the transcendent strength of the human spirit.
Atlantic Monthly Press/126 pgs
First Edition (paperback)
Good condition
___________________________________________
Raymond Carver, author of Where I’m Calling From, which The New York Times praised as “among the masterpieces of American fiction,” is widely considered one of the great short story writers of our time. A New Path to the Waterfall was Carver’s last book, and shows a writer of “astonishing compassion and honesty” (Washington Post Book World) telling the truth as best as he knows how in the time left to him. The sixty-odd poems in this collection are linked by Carver with selections from other writers, most notably Chekhov, whose work was an inspiration and a guide, and by the cumulative force of the life and death questions he poses in them.
In her introductory essay, Tess Gallagher, Carver’s companion and fellow writer, lays out the circumstances of their last years together with matter-of-fact grace. The arc of the circumstances of this collection—celebrating happiness in one’s love and work, memory, false starts and redemption, leavetaking and the full apprehension of death—describes a human journey in the words of this modern master.
As Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet guided countless readers discovering their true love and work, Carver’s book will guide those in the process of celebrating a limited life and mourning the inescapable end of it. A New Path to the Waterfall is an essential book for those who admire Carver’s work, and testament to the transcendent strength of the human spirit.
