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Book SynopsisFires is the best introduction to the full range and humanity of Carver''s writing. It contains four essays, including a moving memoir od his father''s working life in the saw-mills of the Pacific Northwest, a tribute to his mentor John Gardner, and the title essay about the influences on his writing life; fifty poems, many of them not collected elsewhere; and seven stories, including three from the early collection
Furious Seasons.
Trade ReviewCarver is a master; his stories are word perfect. His sentences stalk out meaning, following a trail of clues with patient care and painful anticipation.
Fires [is] an indispensable volume and provides further proof of Carver's stature as a major American writer * New Statesman *
These stories are perfect in pitch and tone. However harrowing their subject, or broken their characters, all of them revive one's faith in the redemptive power of straight story-telling -- Bruce Chatwin
Carver's poetry is non-metrical, free as prose... It works well and reads beautifully * Independent *
