{"product_id":"a-new-path-to-the-raymond-carver-9780871133748","title":"A New Path to the Waterfall","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRaymond Carver, author of\u003cem\u003e Where I'm Calling From\u003c\/em\u003e, is widely considered one of the great short story writers of our time.\u003cem\u003e A New Path to the Waterfall\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewas Carver's last book, and shows a writer telling the truth as best as he knows how in the time left to him. The sixty-odd poems in this collection are linked by Carver with selections from other writers, most notably Chekhov, whose work was an inspiration and a guide, and by the cumulative force of the life and death questions he poses in them. As Rilke's\u003cem\u003e Letters to a Young Poet\u003c\/em\u003e guided countless readers discovering their true love and work, Carver's book will guide those in the process of celebrating a limited life and mourning the inescapable end of it.\u003cem\u003e A New Path to the Waterfall\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential book for those who admire Carver's work, and testament to the transcendent strength of the human spirit. In her introductory essay, Tess Gallagher, Carver's companion and fellow writer, lays out the circumstances of their last years together with matter-of-fact grace. As Rilke's\u003cem\u003e Letters to a Young Poet\u003c\/em\u003e guided countless readers discovering their true love and work, Carver's book will guide those in the process of celebrating a limited life and mourning the inescapable end of it.\u003cem\u003e A New Path to the Waterfall\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential book for those who admire Carver's work, and testament to the transcendent strength of the human spirit. In her introductory essay, Tess Gallagher, Carver's companion and fellow writer, lays out the circumstances of their last years together with matter-of-fact grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Carver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871133741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871133748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/1990","brand":"Raymond Carver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047029698815,"sku":"9780871133748","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ab693db-da8d-4cab-9ef0-c456f6cb6e63.jpg?v=1684987868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-new-path-to-the-raymond-carver-9780871133748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}