Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Name: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Author: Raymond Carver

by Raymond Carver

A man's troubled marriage and yearning for peace within family life

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Raymond Carver

American short-story writer whose minimalist fiction of blue-collar American life defined a generation of writing. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is among the most influential short-story collections in American literature. His stripped-down style launched a thousand imitators.

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