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Short Description for FiresContains four essays, including a memoir of the author's father's working life in the saw-mills of the Pacific Northwest, a tribute to his mentor John Gardner, and an essay about the influences on his writing life; fifty poems; and, seven stories.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- Published: 05 November 2009
- Format: Paperback 208 pages
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- Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry)
- ISBN 13: 9780099530367 ISBN 10: 0099530368
- Sales rank: 118,555
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Full description for Fires
"Fires" is the best introduction to the full range and humanity of Carver's writing. It contains four essays, including a moving memoir of 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".

