A review by whitmc
What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver

5.0

This book traveled in boxes and been sitting on my shelf since either my husband or I bought it for a college class. It legit has the yellow "used" sticker on the spine. Thank coronavirus and shelter in place for exploring my shelves. I grabbed this off the shelf and opened it, reading the first storiy, and I couldn't stop. I was floored by what Carver could accomplish in a few pages and with such straightforward language. He paints such a picture of life with his words and through these stories. He makes it seem like magic is real and he accomplishes it through stringing words together. Grab yourself a creamy cup of coffee, follow it up with a stiff scotch on the rocks, shut the door, and dive in to this one.