Carol, something's wrong with the pagination at the end of The Calm. Page 36 ends with "But if he saw something" and page 37 carries on "fingers back and forth through my hair..."
Carol, something's wrong with the pagination at the end of The Calm. Page 36 ends with "But if he saw something" and page 37 carries on "fingers back and forth through my hair..."
One line is missing: ... he didn't comment. He ran his fingers... This version of the story is different than the one published in "What We Talk about When We Talk About Love". Much sparer.
I caught the line skip too, so I had to look it up. I'm assuming the jstor link was from the Iowa Review but not sure what year. Whether this was published before WHAT WE TALK... or after BEGINNERS was released (the Gordon Lish unedited manuscript of the book). The beginning and ending of this version is not from WHAT WE TALK..., but rather from BEGINNERS. So no (or less) of Gordon's editing. I've been a huge fan of Carver all my life, so comparing pre & post Lish edits was a rather eye-opening from a craft POV in that collection. I just reread both versions now and I may have to give Lish's version the win in this case, however slight the word changes at the end are (but it made all the difference to my reading), which may offend some of the true Carver faithfuls out there! : )
Carol, something's wrong with the pagination at the end of The Calm. Page 36 ends with "But if he saw something" and page 37 carries on "fingers back and forth through my hair..."
One line is missing: ... he didn't comment. He ran his fingers... This version of the story is different than the one published in "What We Talk about When We Talk About Love". Much sparer.
I caught the line skip too, so I had to look it up. I'm assuming the jstor link was from the Iowa Review but not sure what year. Whether this was published before WHAT WE TALK... or after BEGINNERS was released (the Gordon Lish unedited manuscript of the book). The beginning and ending of this version is not from WHAT WE TALK..., but rather from BEGINNERS. So no (or less) of Gordon's editing. I've been a huge fan of Carver all my life, so comparing pre & post Lish edits was a rather eye-opening from a craft POV in that collection. I just reread both versions now and I may have to give Lish's version the win in this case, however slight the word changes at the end are (but it made all the difference to my reading), which may offend some of the true Carver faithfuls out there! : )