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Snowball136	CARVER and Edits	Lead	[-]
Posts: 46265 (31/10/09 21:09) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I almost bought "Beginners" by RC today and felt like comparing and contrasting the originals (tidied) with the ruthless Lish edits BUT the Library of America volume has the originals and the edits so why not buy that? It's quality paper and has ALL of Carver's prose Alex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136) alex.keegan(at)btconnect.com Home Page Seventh Quark
DMWriting		#1	[-]
Posts: 2107 (01/11/09 11:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It would certainly be a interesting exercise
Snowball136		#2	[-]
Posts: 46265 (01/11/09 18:03) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	JUST ORDERED THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA VERSION Alex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136) alex.keegan(at)btconnect.com Home Page Seventh Quark
Snowball136		#3	[-]
Posts: 46265 (03/11/09 19:31) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We ought to have a Carver Week at the Chapel Alex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136) alex.keegan(at)btconnect.com Home Page Seventh Quark
Snowball136		#4	[-]
Posts: 46265 (07/11/09 11:52) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've just started working my way through the comparison between Carver's original stories ("Beginners") and Gordon Lish's (horrible) edits. Basically Lish hacked to death a beautiful story (A Small Good Thing) and produced a horrible, cold flash (The Bath) without any of the humanity of ASGT I took a look at another, the one about a terrible rape-murder. When I read (what I thought was) the Carver story here I was bitterly disappointed. Now I have read the CARVER version (not the Lish-butchered version) I feel happier. These aren't "edits" by any realistic measure. They are total rewrites which removed the heart soul and guts from the originals Alex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136) alex.keegan(at)btconnect.com Home Page Seventh Quark

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