Re: An unbiased (but incomplete) list of things to read before you die
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Raymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From
Just a fantastic collection of somewhat minimalist short stories. He develops his characters very well in a short time.
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I'm generally not a huge short story fan, but there are a bunch of winners in here. Salinger's Nine Stories is also quite good in that regard.
I sometimes wonder about literary education. I think a lot of books that get hailed as classics aren't really put together to be embraced by teenagers. It's a lot easier to appreciate some things when you have a bit more context to put them in, or experience to compare it to.
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