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Original Title:	All of Us: The Collected Poems
ISBN:	0375703802 (ISBN13: 9780375703805)
Edition Language:	English

All of Us: The Collected Poems

Raymond Carver

Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 4.3 | 1994 Users | 144 Reviews

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Title	:	All of Us: The Collected Poems
Author	:	Raymond Carver
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	April 4th 2000 by Vintage (first published December 31st 1996)
Categories	:	Poetry. Literature. American. Fiction

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This prodigiously rich collection of poems suggests that Raymond Carver was not only America’s finest writer of short fiction, but also one of its most large-hearted and affecting poets. Like Carver’s stories, the more than 300 poems in All of Us are marked by a keen attention to the physical world; an uncanny ability to compress vast feeling into discreet moments; a voice of conversational intimacy, and an unstinting sympathy.

This complete edition brings together all the poems of Carver’s five previous books, from Fires to the posthumously published No Heroics, Please.  It also contains bibliographical and textual notes on individual poems; a chronology of Carver’s life and work; and a moving introduction by Carver’s widow, the poet Tess Gallagher.

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Ratings: 4.3 From 1994 Users | 144 Reviews

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I suoi racconti non mi avevano convinta, mi erano sembrati troppo "poveri", ma con le sue poesie Carver ce lha fatta a conquistarmi.Chi sa di Poesia forse inorridirà vedendo le mie cinque stelle, ma le assegno piene e convinte. Sicuramente cè di (molto) meglio in ambito poetico, però qui ho trovato una disarmante spontaneità, freschezza, luminosità e, pur nella loro semplicità, rivelano una sensibilità non comune. Da leggere e rileggere.

Raymond Carver is perhaps the most under-appreciated poet of the post-modern world. Known almost exclusively as a short story writer, even the might Norton Anthology does not mention his work as a poet. Carver was as good a poet as he was a fiction writer, and this collection contains pretty much all of his poems.Spare, stark, and honest, Carver's work perhaps is neglected because it is so accessible. But don't let that fool you. This is art. Great art on supposedly artless subjects, like

I know it's hip to hate him and now with the Lish melodrama going on, he's even more tarnished I suppose. But I've always been a big fan of the writing even with its uneven quality. The poems are often despised for their prosoid, talky, confessionalist New Yorker qualities...there are some like that in here but the vast majority strike me as successful transpositions of a particular school of Russian poetry into English. He's very Russian for an American. I think he was trying to write up to

Raymond Carver is perhaps the most under-appreciated poet of the post-modern world. Known almost exclusively as a short story writer, even the might Norton Anthology does not mention his work as a poet. Carver was as good a poet as he was a fiction writer, and this collection contains pretty much all of his poems.Spare, stark, and honest, Carver's work perhaps is neglected because it is so accessible. But don't let that fool you. This is art. Great art on supposedly artless subjects, like

"Recimo da kažem leto, napišem reč "kolibri", stavim je u koverat i odnesem je dole niz breg do sandučeta. Kada otvoriš moje pismo setićeš se ovih dana i koliko te, koliko te samo volim""Čeznem da ti kažem najdublje reči koje ti imam reći, ali se ne usuđujem, strahujući da bi mi se mogla nasmejati." Tako je govorio Tagore u jednoj od najljepših ljubavnih pjesama koje su ikada napisane. Mislim da niko ne umije da te "najdublje reči" kaže tako lako kao Karver. Da približi sve one tako česte,

No one needs this much of Carver's poetry. I do like a few of the poems - Winter Insomnia, The Current, My Crow - but the vast majority of it is lacklustre and repetitious. Idk, lonely alcoholics with failed relationships isn't my thing.

My honest rating is probably closer to 4.5 but it's not /quite/ worth rounding up to 5 stars. Carver's poetry is better than I expected, and I expected it to be good.