Cathedral Summary
Raymond Carver

Cathedral Summary

Cathedral is a collection of short stories centered on working-class people who are or have been alcoholics, and are or have been ignorant or prejudiced. Many characters are trying to stop drinking, or else they are still in the clutches of their drinking addiction, and other characters are trying to get them to stop. This drama is repeated throughout the stories, but it is typically not resolved nor redeemed. Carver generally...

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