What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Chinese Edition)

When the novel was published in April 1981, classic realistic writing in the United States was in the low run. Replacing its place were all types of experimental post-modern genres such as metafiction, nonfiction novel, introspection novel and fable novel. At that time, sales of short stories were really embarrassing, even famous writers sold no more than several thousand copies. But Raymond Carver revitalized American short story writing with this collection, which played a decisive role in the rejuvenation of the countrys traditional realistic writing. The 17 stories of relatively short lengths in the collection drew made Carver under the limelight and won him the title of American Chekhov.