Raymond Carver was a contemporary short story writer who is often credited with reviving what was thought to be a dying literary form. In many of his works he often paralleled his own life with that of his characters. In his collection of short stories called Short Cuts there are many similarities between the characters and their lives and Carver himself.
Raymond Carver married young, at the age of eighteen, to Maryann Burk who was sixteen at the time. They had two kids together and each worked low paying jobs to support their family. Carver was an alcoholic and Maryann tended to be the breadwinner while he was in his drunken state. He wrote many of his stories while married to her. In many of the short stories, the characters have similar
Raymond Carver married young, at the age of eighteen, to Maryann Burk who was sixteen at the time. They had two kids together and each worked low paying jobs to support their family. Carver was an alcoholic and Maryann tended to be the breadwinner while he was in his drunken state. He wrote many of his stories while married to her. In many of the short stories, the characters have similar