carver, raymond

Carver transformed the American short story in the 1970s and 80s with spare, intense, often disturbing dramas. Gathering for the first time all Carver

Raymond Carvers wereldfaam berust op tweeënzeventig korte verhalen waarin zelden iets bijzonders gebeurt. Carver beschrijft de gewone wederwaardighede

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story.

Raymond Carver said it was possible 'to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a c

'I look at all of Carver's work as just one story, for his stories are all occurences, all about things that just happen to people and cause their liv

This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, wa

Het auto-filosofische verslag van Raymond Cuijpers' fietstocht naar Frankrijk, verweven met beschouwingen over het vaderschap.

Na een gedwongen verblijf van bijna een halve eeuw achter het IJzeren Gordijn maakt Centraal-Europa alweer meer dan dertig jaar deel uit van het 'echt

‘[Chandler] set standards that others still try to attain.’ SUNDAY TIMES. Follow hard-boiled Californian detective Philip Marlowe in two iconic crime

Providing a comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies, this lavishly illustrated book by Raymond Clemens an

Often imitated but never bettered, it is in Marlowe's long shadow that every fictional detective must stand - and under the influence of Raymond Chand

Raymond Carvers wereldfaam berust op tweeënzeventig korte verhalen waarin zelden iets bijzonders gebeurt. Carver beschrijft de gewone wederwaardighede

Foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with Gabriel, her female-impersonator uncle. All she really wants to do is ride the metro

The definitive account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time in office co-written by one of Britain's leading political and social commentators.

Among them is one of his longest, 'Errand', in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work his own was of